Science and the past / / edited by Sheridan Bowman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780561803321
• Autore: Bowman Sheridan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1991; ©1991
• ISBN: 1-282-03995-4; 9786612039959; 1-4426-7963-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 930.1/028
• Soggetti: Physical sciences - Historiography; Computer science - Historiography; Archaeology; Electronic books.; England London
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Emergence of scientific inquiry into the past / Paul Craddock --Ceramics : materials for all reasons / Andrew Middleton -- Looking into glass / Ian Freestone -- Mining and smelting in antiquity / Paul Craddock -- Metalwork : artifice and artistry / Michael Cowell & Susan La Niece -- Tracing to source / Michael Hughes -- Questions of chronology / Sheridan Bowman -- Spotting the fakes / Paul Craddock & Sheridan Bowman -- Computing and mathematics : putting two and two together / Peter Main -- Computerising the collections : the art of successful flea handling / Lea Jones.
• Sommario/riassunto: Annotation