SAS Bulletin

Volume 20   Number 1/2   January /June 1997


Recent Publications

    Revue díArcheometrie 21 (1997). 140 pages and 12 articles. Available for 140 FF from: GMPCA, Laboratoire díArchéometrie, Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France. Back issues also 140 F each (1993-96); 130 F (1992); 120 F (1990-91); 115 F (1989); 110 F (1988); 100 F (1987); 90 F (1986).
    Traces of the Past. Unraveling the Secrets of Archaeology through Chemistry. Joseph B. Lambert. Helix Books/Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1997. 336 pp., 127 b&w illustrations, 16 color plates, index. $30.00 (cloth). ISBN 0-201-40928-3.
    Elsevierís Dictionary of Archaeological Materials and Archaeometry, by Zvi Goffer, 1996. 464 pages, in English with translations of 1374 terms in German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. Available from Elsevier Science, PO Box 945, New York, NY 10159-0945, tel 212-633-3730, fax 212-633-3680; e-mail: usinfo-f@elsevier.com. ISBN 0-444-81949-5.
    Archaeological Sediments and Soils: Analysis, Interpretation and Management. Anthony J. Barham & Richard I. Macphail (eds.). 239 pp., 37 figures, 29 plates. Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 1995. $29.60. ISBN 0-905853-31-8.
    Multilingual Dictionary of Lithic Technology Terms. Compiled and edited by R. Marois, A.M. Groot de Mahecha, J.E. Almeida, M.C. Mineiro Scatamacchi & E.B. Jelks. A compendium of archaeological terms that refer to the production, usage, and formal description of utilitarian stone artifacts, compiled from published sources with equivalencies in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. Available for $36.00 plus shipping from: Instituto Panamericano de Geografia e Historia, Departamento de Distribucion y Ventas, Apartado Postal 18879 - 11870 Mexico. Fax: 525-271-6172; e-mail: ipgh@laneta.apc.org
    Ground-Penetrating Radar. An Introduction for Archaeologists. Lawrence B. Conyers & Dean Goodman. AltaMira Press, 1997. 240 pp. $54.00 (cloth), ISBN 0-7619-8927-7; $26.95 (paper), ISBN 0-7619-8928-5.
    People, Plants, and Landscapes. Studies in Paleoethnobotany. Kristin J. Gremillion (ed.). The University of Alabama Press, 1997. 296 pp. $29.95 (paper).
    Histoire & Mesure 9 no. 3/4 (1994). Special issue on archaeology, with 14 articles, 200 pages. Contents: Introduction à líarchéométrie (A. Hesse); La prospection archéologique: des mesures extensives sur deux dimensions de líespace (A. Hesse); Le relevé de terrain en archéologie: le système Arkéoplan (K. Gruel & O. Buschsenschutz); Le tempes et la chronométrie en archéologie (J. Evin); La caractérisation des archéométaux: résultats, limites et perspectives (J.-N. Barrandon); Réflexions méthodologiques sur les problèmes soulevés par la caractérisation des obsidiennes (C. Chataigner); Pratiques artisanales des briquetiers et archéomagnétisme des matériaux díargile cuite. Une histoire de positions de cuisson (P. Lanos); Evaluation de líimpact de líhomme sur la végétation: líapport de la palynologie (H. Richard); Apports récents de líanthracologie à la connaissance des paysages passés: performances et limites (L. Chabal); Líos et sa mesure. Archéozoologie et archéométrie (L. Chaix & J. Desse); Líanthropométrie (C. Simon); La paléodémographie (C. Masset); Líarchéologue devant les moyens offerts par líarchéométrie (L. Langouet); Archaeometry in Britain (M. Tite). Available for 125 F from: Centrale des Revues, CDR, 11, rue Gossin, 92543 Montrouge Cedex, France; Tel: 33-1-46-565266. Annual subscriptions 310 F (at least for 1995). First special issue on Archaeology was vol. 5 no. 1/2 (1990).


 
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