Prologue to Uses of Chemical Residues to Make Statements About Human Activities |
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Authors: | Vance T Holliday Denise Lawrence-Zuniga Victor Buchli |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA;(2) Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA;(3) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, USA;(4) Department of Anthropology, University College London, London, UK |
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Abstract: | Soil chemistry provides the potential for interpreting the archaeological record without necessarily resorting to artifacts,
historical documents, ethnoarchaeological observations, or experiments. The range of studies incorporating new technological
developments, such as mass spectrometry and multi-element analyses, for analyzing and interpreting the chemical residues found
at archaeological sites or modern contexts are increasing in the literature. However, the dilemmas of interpretation concentrate
on evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of different techniques. Analytical approaches to how scientists make use of
chemical residues to make statements about the past, discussed here, expand the potential of the breadth of techniques to
investigate daily life activities and further our understanding of the materiality of social life. |
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