Physics Methods in Art and Archaeology

Chapter 1. The Physics Principles
	1.1 Goals and Purpose of Archaeometry
	1.2 Basic Principles of Nuclear Physics
	1.3 Risk Factors for Radiation Exposure
	1.4 The Tools of the Trade! (Part 1)
	1.5 The Tools of the Trade! (Part 2)

Chapter 2. Principles of Radiography, X-Ray Absorption, and X-Ray Fluorescence
	2.1 Physics of X-ray Sources
	2.2 X-ray absorption & fluorescence
	2.3 Particle Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE)
	2.4 Depth-profiling with PIXE
	2.5 Isotope analysis and neutron activation techniques
	2.6 Neutron activation
	2.7 Isotope Analysis & Isotope Separation

Chapter 3. Archaeological Dating Methods
	3.1-1 Archaeological Dating Methods
	3.1-2 Carbon Dating Method
	3.2 Examples for 14C Dating, Applications in Archaeology
	3.3 Examples for 14C Dating (Part 2)
	3.4 Examples for 14C Dating (Part 3)
	3.5 Dating for Anthropology
	3.6 Uranium Thorium dating
	3.7 Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy (AMS)
	3.8 Applications of AMS
	3.9 Carbon Contamination & Fractionation
	3.10 Thermoluminescence
	3.11 Applications of TL dating

Student Presentations

GPR Ground Penetrating Radar	The Alvarez experiment	The Origin of Man
Hans van Meegeren On Trial	The Shroud of Turin

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