Introduction to archeometry
Course information
Title of the course:
Introduction to archeometry
Responsible for teaching:
Dr. Magdolna Hetényi
Other teachers:
Mária Tóth
Type of the course:
Optional professional course
Description
Brief description of the lecture:
I.THE BASICS OF MATERIAL SCIENCE
The fundamentals of geology (“raw material”, place of occurrence)
Minerals, rocks
The fundamentals of soil science
II. INSTRUMENTAL ANALYTICAL TOOLS IN ARCHAEOMETRIC RESEARCH (application-oriented introduction)
THE ANALYSIS OF ELEMENTS
- XRF (X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis)
- EPMA (Electron Microprobe Analysis)
- INNA (Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis)
- PGNAA (Prompt-Gamma Activation Analysis)
- PIXE (Particle Induced X-ray Emission Spectroscopy)
- AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy)
- LA-ICP MS (Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry)
- ICP-AAS, ICP-OES (Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic/Optical Emission Spectroscopy)
- GC-MS (Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry)
- TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy)
- SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)
- FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy)
THE ANALYSIS OF STRUCTURES
- Polarisation Microscopy
- CL Microscopy (Cathodoluminescence Microscopy)
- XRD (X-ray Powder Diffraction)
- SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)
III. CERAMIC ANALYSIS
IV. THE ANALYTICS OF GLASS, ROCK AND METAL OBJECTS
V. STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS (C, O, S)
VI. DATING (relative and absolute dating methods)
- Radiocarbon method
- Thermoluminescence
- Dendrocronology
- Paleomagnetism
