PHYS 333: Applied Physics in Archaeology and Art


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Basic course material


Syllabus

Support materials


Calendars, Sothis and the Egyptian calendar
History_of_archaeology
Physics and prospecting
Aerial photography
GPR and sonar
Geophysical methods
Radioactivity
The fundamentals of C-14 dating
Advanced problems of C-14 dating
Potassium-Argon dating
Fission track dating
TLD Thermoluminescence dating
Magnetic dating
Chemical analysis
Neutron physics
Neutron activation
Analysing art
Metals and metallurgy
Ceramics and glasses
Methods for materials cheracterization

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Society of Archaeological Sciences
Archaeology program at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
Department of Archaeological Science, Bradford U.