Intensive Course on Ceramic Petrography & Geochemistry 2024
Patrick Quinn (UCL Institute of Archaeology) will teach his annual intensive short course on archaeological ceramic analysis from 15-20 July.
Intensive Course on Ceramic Petrography & Geochemistry 2024
15 Jul 2024 - 20 Jul 2024
This intensive short course delivers a solid practical and theoretical introduction to the scientific analysis of pottery and other ceramics within archaeology. It provides training in the principles of thin section ceramic petrography and the interpretation of pottery provenance and manufacturing technology.
The course will consist of lectures, live microscope demonstrations and practical work using photomicrographs and numerical data.
Course Schedule
Monday 15 July
Welcome
- Lecture 1: Introduction to Ceramic Compositional Analysis. Optical Mineralogy
- Practical 1: Identification of Mineral Inclusions in Ceramics
- Lecture 2: Introduction to Lithic Petrography
- Practical 2: Identification of Rock Fragments in Ceramics
Tuesday 16 July
- Lecture 1: Composition of Ceramics in Thin Section
- Practical 1: Composition of Ceramics in Thin Section
- Lecture 2: Introduction to Ceramic Geochemistry
- Practical 2: X-ray fluorescence Characterisation of Archaeological Ceramics
Wednesday 17 July
- Lecture 1: Classification and Characterisation of Ceramics in Thin Section
- Practical 1: Classification and Characterisation of Ceramics in Thin Section
- Lecture 2: Geochemical Classification of Archaeological Ceramics
- Practical 2: Geochemical Classification of Archaeological Ceramics
Thursday 18 July
- Lecture 1: Introduction to Ceramic Provenance Determination
- Practical 1: Thin Section Preparation
- Lecture 2: Application of Compositional Data to Ceramic Provenance Interpretation
- Practical 2: Application of Compositional Data to Ceramic Provenance Interpretation
Friday 19 July
- Lecture 1: Reconstructing Ceramic Technology in Thin Section
- Practical 1: Reconstructing Ceramic Technology in Thin Section Part 1
- Lecture 2: Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction
- Practical 2: Reconstructing Ceramic Technology in Thin Section Part 2. Demonstration of SEM
Saturday 20 July
- Lecture 1: Scientific Analysis of Non-pottery Ceramics
- Practical 1: Microscope Revision Session
- Lecture 2: Planning, Sampling, Integrating Data and Interpretation
- Practical 2: Microscope Revision Session and any other business
Further details
Further information
Ticketing
Pre-booking essential
Cost
£600.00
Open to
All
Availability
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