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1. Expanding the Range of Electron Spin Resonance Dating / Anne R. Skinner, Bonnie A. B. Blackwell, Maysun M. Hasan and Joel I. B. Blickstein -- 2. Toward the Classification of Colorants in Archaeological Textiles of Eastern North America / Christel M. Baldia and Kathryn A. Jakes -- 3. Infrared Examination of Fiber and Particulate Residues from Archaeological Textiles / Kathryn A. Jakes, Christel M. Baldia and Amanda J. Thompson -- 4. Extraction and Analysis of DNA from Archaeological Specimens / Brian M. Kemp, Cara Monroe and David Glenn Smith -- 5. Using Archaeological Chemistry to Investigate the Geographic Origins of Trophy Heads in the Central Andes: Strontium Isotope Analysis at the Wari Site of Conchopata / Kelly J. Knudson and Tiffiny A. Tung -- 6. Interpreting Stable Isotopic Analyses: Case Studies on Sardinian Prehistory / Luca Lai, Robert H. Tykot, Jessica F. Beckett, Rosalba Floris, Ornella Fonzo, Elena Usai, Maria Rosaria Manunza, Ethan Goddard and David Hollander -- 7. Bitumen in Neolithic Iran: Biomolecular and Isotopic Evidence / Michael W. Gregg, Rhea Brettell and Benjamin Stern -- 8. Surface Analysis of a Black Deposit from Little Lost River Cave, Idaho / Reshmi Perumplavil and Ruth Ann Armitage -- 9. Shell Bead Sourcing: A Comparison of Two Techniques on Olivella biplicata Shells and Beads from Western North America / Jelmer W. Eerkens, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, Howard J. Spero, Ryoji Shiraki and Gregory S. Herbert -- 10. Archaeological Soils and Sediments: Application of Microfocus Synchrotron X-ray Scattering, Diffraction, and Fluorescence Analyses in Thin-Section / W. Paul Adderley, Ian A. Simpson, Raymond Barrett and Timothy J. Wess -- 11. Quantitative Modeling of Soil Chemical Data from Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy Reveals Evidence for Cooking and Eating in Ancient Mesoamerican Plazas / E. Christian Wells, Claire Novotny and James R. Hawken -- 12. Chemical Composition of Song Dynasty, Chinese, Copper-Based Coins via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence / Jessica Misner, Jeffe Boats and Mark A. Benvenuto -- 13. Elemental Compositions of Herodian Prutah, Copper Coins - of the Biblical "Widow's Mites" Series - via Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence / Meghann Mouyianis, Jeffe Boats and Mark A. Benvenuto -- 14. Chemical Composition of the Isfiya and Qumran Coin Hoards / Michael Notis, Aaron Shugar, Danny Herman and Donald T. Ariel -- 15. Selected Applications of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry to Archaeological Research / Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock, Robert H. Tykot, Christophe Descantes, Jennifer J. Thatcher, Craig E. Skinner and Kyra M. Lienhop -- 16. Evaluating the Precision Requirements for Isotope Ratio Determination of Archaeological Materials Using Laser Ablation-Time-of-Flight-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Increasing Ratio Precision / John V. Dudgeon, Hector Neff, Andrew "Flynn" Saint and William Balsanek -- 17. Lead Isotope Analysis of Roman Carthage Curse Tablets / Sheldon Skaggs -- 18. Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis of Ancient Copper Alloy Artifacts / Laure Dussubieux -- 19. Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Analysis Applied to the Characterization of Peruvian Wari Ceramics / Laure Dussubieux, Mark Golitko, Patrick Ryan Williams and Robert J. Speakman -- 20. Characterization of Building Materials from the Brick Chapel at Historic St. Mary's City / Ruth Ann Armitage, Leah Minc, Silas Hurry and Melissa Doolin -- 21. Characterization of 15th-16th Century Majolica Pottery Found on the Canary Islands / Javier Garcia Inanez, Jaume Buxeda i Garrigos, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock and Elena Sosa Suarez -- 22. Intraregional Provenancing of Philistine Pottery from Israel / David Ben-Shlomo -- 23. The Technology of Mesopotamian Ceramic Glazes / David V. Hill, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock and Hector Neff -- 24. Analysis of Historic Latter-day Saint Pottery Glazes by Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry / Nicole C. Little, Timothy J. Scarlett, Robert J. Speakman, Michael D. Glascock and Christopher W. Merritt -- 25. Fingerprinting Specular Hematite from Mines in Botswana, Southern Africa / Adam V. Kiehn, George A. Brook, Michael D. Glascock, Jonathan Z. Dake, Lawrence H. Robbins, Alec C. Campbell and Michael L. Murphy -- 26. Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Ochre Artifacts from Jiskairumoko, Peru / Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, Nathan Craig, Michael D. Glascock, J. David Robertson, Mark Aldenderfer and Robert J. Speakman -- 27. Feasibility of Field-Portable XRF to Identify Obsidian Sources in Central Peten, Guatemala / Leslie G. Cecil, Matthew D. Moriarty, Robert J. Speakman and Michael D. Glascock -- 28. Sources of Archaeological Obsidian in Peru: Descriptions and Geochemistry / Michael D. Glascock, Robert J. Speakman and Richard L. Burger. |