Reviews

THE MAKING OP FOREIGN POLICY: AN ANALYSIS OF DECISION‐MAKING. Joseph Frankel London, Oxford University Press, 1963. Pp. xi, 231. Australian price 57/9d.

THE UNITED NATIONS RECONSIDERED. Raymond A. Moore, Jr. (Ed.). University of South Carolina Press, 1963. Pp. xii + 158.

ARMED FORCES IN PEACE TIME: BRITAIN, 1918–1940, A CASE STUDY. Robin Higham. London, G. T. Foulis, 1962. Pp. xi + 332. Stg. £3/3/‐.

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Calvin B. Hoover (ed.). Cambridge University Press for Duke University Press, 1963. Pp. x + 538. Stg. 37/6.

SPEARHEADS OF DEMOCRACY: LABOR IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. George C. Lodge. For the Council on Foreign Relations. New York, Harper & Row, 1962. $4.50.

POLITICS IN SOUTHERN ASIA. Saul Rose (ed.). London, Macmillan, 1963. Pp. 386. Australian price 52/‐.

CAMBODIA AND NEUTRALITY. Michael Leifer. 1962. Pp. 51.

DOCUMENTS ON THE AUGUST 1945 REVOLUTION IN VIETNAM: trans. C. Kiriloff; edit. Rima Rathausky. 1963. Pp. 70.

THE COLOMBO PLAN: SOME POLITICAL ASPECTS. L. P. Singh. 1963. Pp. 57.

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE SETTLEMENT OF THE LAOTION QUESTION 1961–62. George Modelski. 1962. Pp. 156.

ARGENTINA. George Pendle. For the Royal Institute of International Affairs. London, Oxford University Press, 1963. Third edition. Pp. xii + 211. Price in Australia 41/6d.

BRITISH GUIANA. Raymond T. Smith. For the Royal Institute of International Affairs. London, Oxford University Press, 1962. Pp. viii + 218. Price in Australia 41/6d.

VENEZUELA. Edwin Lieuwen. For the Royal Institute of International Affairs. London, Oxford University Press, 1961. Pp. x + 193. Price in Australia 41/6d.

EXCESS AND RESTRAINT. Ronald M. Berndt. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1963. $8.95.     

TRACING THE RESOURCES OF IRON WORKING AT ANCIENT SAGALASSOS (SOUTH‐WEST TURKEY): A COMBINED LEAD AND STRONTIUM ISOTOPE STUDY ON IRON ARTEFACTS AND ORES*

Lead and strontium isotope analyses were performed by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) on Roman to Byzantine iron artefacts and iron ores from the territory of ancient Sagalassos (south‐west Turkey), to evaluate Pb and Sr isotopes for provenance determination of ores for local iron production. It can be demonstrated that for early Roman artefacts and hematite iron ore processed in early Roman times from Sagalassos proper, as well as for magnetite placer sands and early Byzantine raw iron from the territory of the city, Sr isotopes are much less ambiguous than Pb isotopes in providing clearly coherent signatures for ore and related iron objects. Late Roman iron objects were produced from iron ores that as yet remain unidentified. Early Byzantine iron artefacts display more scatter in both their Pb and Sr isotope signatures, indicating that many different ore sources may have been used. Our study demonstrates that iron objects can be precisely analysed for their Sr isotopic composition, which, compared to Pb isotopes, appears to be a much more powerful tool for distinguishing between chronological groups and determining the provenance of raw materials.     

一批楚墓包金金属饰片金箔成分及制作工艺的科学研究

出土于湖北当阳赵巷M12和曹家岗M5春秋晚期楚墓的金属饰片部分外包有带纹饰的金箔,该批饰片数量较大,类型丰富,材质多样,制作精良,在楚墓所出类似文物中规格较高。为对金箔的元素含量、厚度、颜色、光泽度、纹饰和制作工艺等方面展开系统的研究,本研究采用扫描电镜、X射线荧光分析显微镜、激光共聚焦显微镜、三维视频显微镜、色差仪、光泽度仪以及气质联用色谱等分析手段对194片金箔进行科学的分析。研究表明,这批楚墓金箔为金银合金,Au含量为82%～95%,Ag为5%～18%,厚度7～35μm,与先秦时期其他墓葬出土的金箔、金片相比,其厚度最薄,金含量相对较高,金箔表面更光亮,打磨抛光较为明显,纹饰种类更为丰富,纹饰刻划更加细腻、繁缛。显然,其制作工艺达到较高的水准。同时,对该批金箔的冶炼技术和制作工艺过程进行了探讨。研究结果可为了解中国传统金箔和纹饰制作工艺提供重要的参考依据。