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SUMMARY:The archaeology of materials science and metallurgy: some examples
  - Prof Marcos Martinón-Torres (Department of Archaeology)
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CONTACT:Yonatan Calahorra
DESCRIPTION:Some of the most important archaeological discoveries do not t
 ake place in the field: increasily\, they are made in laboratories. Scient
 ific analyses allow us to obtain unimaginable degrees of resultion in our 
 understanding of past peoples through the study of the things they left be
 hind.\n\nA particularly fruitful area of research involves the use of mode
 rn materials science to reverse engineer archaeological artefacts. Through
  the study of the composition and structure of archaeological materials\, 
 from the macro to the nano scale\, we can reveal otherwise hidden aspects 
 of how past societies understood and exploited materials\, how technologie
 s evolved\, and how past societies interacted with each other and their en
 vironment in different periods and places.\n\nIn this talk I will outline 
 some examples of research in archaeological materials science focusing on 
 artefacts and production remains from America\, Africa\, Europe and Asia\,
  and spanning several millennia. While the main emphasis will be placed on
  metals and metallurgy\, ceramics and glass will also be discussed. The ma
 in aim of this talk is to highlight the potential of this strand of work\,
  in the hope that we can develop further synergies across departments and 
 disciplines.
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