LEADER 03638nam 2200733 450 001 9910455956603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-03995-4 010 $a9786612039959 010 $a1-4426-7963-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442679634 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004345 035 $a(EBL)3250377 035 $a(OCoLC)923062536 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308988 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11227239 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308988 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10267695 035 $a(PQKB)10462752 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417455 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600754 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3250377 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671934 035 $a(DE-B1597)464845 035 $a(OCoLC)944177478 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442679634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671934 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257622 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL203995 035 $a(OCoLC)958565423 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004345 100 $a20160922h19911991 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aScience and the past /$fedited by Sheridan Bowman 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1991. 210 4$d©1991 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-5997-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tForeword -- $tPreface -- $tList of Colour Plates -- $t1. The Emergence of Scientific Inquiry into the Past -- $t2. Ceramics: Materials for all reasons -- $t3. Looking into Glass -- $t4. Mining and Smelting in Antiquity -- $t5. Metalwork: Artifice and artistry -- $t6. Tracing to Source -- $t7. Questions of Chronology -- $t8. Spotting the Fakes -- $t9. Computing and Mathematics: Putting two and two together -- $t10. Computerising the Collections: The art of successful flea handling -- $tGlossary -- $tIndex 330 $aThe ancient artifacts so carefully restored and exhibited in museums open vast windows to our understanding of humanity's past. But for every question an artefact can answer about an earlier civilization, a dozen more are raised. How long ago was this made, with what techniques, and of what materials? What was it used for? How do we know it's authentic? Modern science is able to provide more and more answers to a wide variety of such fundamental questions. In this volume staff members of the British Museum's Department of Scientific Research explain how the physical and computer sciences are used to study and preserve the record of the past.The British Museum Research Laboratory is the oldest in the world attached to a museum; its staff writes with authority on the benefits (and pitfalls) of using modern scientific analysis to illuminate the technologies and achievements of the past. 606 $aPhysical sciences$xHistoriography 606 $aComputer science$xHistoriography 606 $aArchaeology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPhysical sciences$xHistoriography. 615 0$aComputer science$xHistoriography. 615 0$aArchaeology. 676 $a930.1/028 700 $aBowman$b Sheridan, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01051485 702 $aBowman$b Sheridan 712 02$aBritish Museum.$bDept. of Scientific Research. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455956603321 996 $aScience and the past$92482009 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01520cam0-22004451i-450 001 990001769260403321 005 20241219092112.0 035 $a000176926 035 $aFED01000176926 035 $a(Aleph)000176926FED01 035 $a000176926 100 $a20030910d1966----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aita 102 $aIT 105 $ay-------001yy 200 1 $a<>biblioteca della Facoltą di Agraria in Portici$ecenni storici e organizzazione attuale$fValeria Mezzetti Bambacioni, Marina Golia Guardati 210 $aPortici$cA. G. Della Torre$d1966 215 $a10 p.$d25 cm 300 $aEstratto degli Annali della Facoltą di Scienze Agrarie dell'Universitą di Napoli, in Portici. Serie IV, vol.I, 1966 610 0 $aUniversitą$aBiblioteche 676 $a027.7 700 1$aBambacioni Mezzetti,$bValeria$f<1895-1978>$0748175 701 1$aGuardati,$bMarina$f<1928- >$0748752 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aLG 912 $a990001769260403321 952 $a60 OP. 84/68$b44623$fFAGBC 952 $a60 OP. 84/65$b44621$fFAGBC 952 $a60 OP. 84/66$b44620$fFAGBC 952 $a60 OP. 84/67$b44622$fFAGBC 952 $aOPUSC. 18 (38)$bARCH. 12969$fFLFBC 952 $aOPUSC. 040 (01)$bPAL.DIPL. s.i.$fFLFBC 952 $aO 19 bis$fDINPA 952 $aMisc.M-0072$bIst. 8865$fILFGE 959 $aFAGBC 959 $aFLFBC 959 $aDINPA 959 $aILFGE 996 $aBiblioteca della Facoltą di Agraria in Portici$91498900 997 $aUNINA