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Number 12                                                                                      May, 1971

THE APPLICATION OF THE

PHYSICAL SCIENCES TO ARCHAEOLOGY

Edited by Fred H. Stross

A symposium 'nelcl on June 23, 197t at lne )nWvers;ty ol Cta\;orn;a, Berke\ey,
under the auspices of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the California Section of the American Chemical
Society, and the San Francisco Society of the Archaeological Institute of
America.

This publication has been aided by a grant from the Pacific Division, American
Association for the Advancement of Science.

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CONTRIBUTIONS

OF THE

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITY

Number 12

May, 1971

THE APPLICATION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES TO ARCHAEOLOGY

Edited by Fred H. Stross

A symposium held on June 23, 1970 at the University of

California, Berkeley, under the auspices of the Pacific

Division of the American Association for the Advancement

of Science, the California Section of the American Chemical

Society, and the San Francisco Society of the Archaeological
Institute of America.

This publication has been aided by a grant from the

Pacific Division, American Association for the Advancement
of Science.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Department of Anthropology

Berkeley

CONTENTS

Page
I.    INTRODUCTION

By Fred H. Stross .1.. .     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .   .  I

II.   HIGH-SENSITIVITY MAGNETOMETERS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION

By H. Frank Morrison.                                             6

III.  NEUTRON ACTIVATION OF POTTERY (Abstract)

By Isadore Perlman and Frank Asaro .21

IV.   AUTHENTICITY TESTING OF CERAMICS USING THE

THERMOLUMINESCENCE METHOD

By Stuart J. Fleming .23

V.    PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTER OF CLASSIC MARBLE

By Francis J. Turner .34

VI.   NEW RADIOCARBON DATES BASED ON BONE COLLAGEN OF

CALIFORNIA PALAEOINDIANS

By Rainer Berger, Reiner Protsch, Richard Reynolds,

Charles Rozaire, and James R. Sackett .43

VII.  PRELIMINARY POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING OF JAVA MAN (Abstract)

By Teuku Jacob and Garniss H. Curtis .. . . .                    50

VIII. LITHO-MECHANICS IN ARCHAEOLOGY

By Erich G. and Harriet H. Thomsen .51