Dussubieux Laure, Golitko Mark, Gratuze Bernard (eds.) Recent Advances in Laser Ablation ICP-MS for Archaeology

Springer, 2016. — 358 p. — (Natural Science in Archaeology). — ISSN: 1613-9712; ISBN: 978-3-662-49892-7.This book explores different aspects of LA-ICP-MS (laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry). It presents a large array of new analytical protocols for elemental or isotope analysis. LA-ICP-MS is a powerful tool that combines a sampling device able to remove very small quantities of material without leaving visible damage at the surface of an object. Furthermore, it functions as a sensitive analytical instrument that measures, within a few seconds, a wide range of isotopes in inorganic samples. Determining the elemental or the isotopic composition of ancient material is essential to address questions related to ancient technology or provenance and therefore aids archaeologists in reconstructing exchange networks for goods, people and ideas. Recent improvements of LA-ICP-MS have opened new avenues of research that are explored in this volume.Instrumentation, Fundamentals, and Application of Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (Mattias B. Fricker and Detlef Gunther)ю
Sample Introduction.
Introduction to Solid Sampling Strategies (Mark Golitko).
Open-Cell Ablation of Killke and Inka Pottery from the Cuzco Area: Museum Collections as Repositories of Provenience Information (Mark Golitko, Nicola Sharratt, and Patrick Ryan Williams).
Optimization of 2D LA-ICP-MS Mapping of Glass with Decorative Colored Features: Application to Analysis of a Polychrome Vessel Fragment from the Iron Age (Johannes T. van Elteren, Serena Panighello, Vid S. Selih, and Emilio F. Orsega).
LA-ICP-MS Analysis of Ancient Silver Coins Using Concentration Profiles (Guillaume Sarah and Bernard Gratuze).
Application to Non-siliceous Materials.
Analysis of Non-siliceous Archaeological Materials by LA-ICP-MS (Laure Dussubieux).
Precise and Accurate Analysis of Gold Alloys: Varna, the Earliest Gold of Mankind—A Case Study (Verena Leusch, Michael Brauns, and Ernst Pernicka).
LA-ICP-MS Analysis of Prehistoric Copper and Bronze Metalwork from Armenia (David L. Peterson, John V. Dudgeon, Monica Tromp, and Arsen Bobokhyan).
Application to Vitreous Materials.
Analysis of Vitreous Archaeological Materials by LA-ICP-MS (Bernard Gratuze).
Contributions of LA-ICP-MS to Obsidian Sourcing in the Pacific (Christian Reepmeyer, Wallace Ambrose, and Geoffrey Clark).
The Role of LA-ICP-MS in the Investigation of Archaeological Glass (Simone Cagno, Kevin Hellemans, and Koen Janssens).
Glass Characterization Using Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry Methods (Bernard Gratuze).
A Proficiency Test for LA-ICP-MS Laboratories Analyzing Ancient Glass (Laure Dussubieux).
Characterization of Slag Inclusions in Iron Objects (Maxime L’Heritier, Stephanie Leroy, Philippe Dillmann, and Bernard Gratuze).
Expanding the Application of LA-ICP-MS in Archaeology.
Expanded Applications of Laser Ablation-ICP-MS in Archaeology (Mark Golitko).
Determining the Provenience of Garnet Beads Using LA-ICP-MS (Alison K. Carter).
Application of LA-ICP-MS to Black Stone Objects Used During the Iron Age in Celtic Europe (Anne Baron and Bernard Gratuze).
Investigating Biogenic Versus Diagenetic Trace Element Incorporation in Archaeological Mineralized Tissues with LA-ICP-MS (John V. Dudgeon, Monica Tromp, Bryan K. Hanks, and Andrei V. Epimakhov).
Pb Isotopic Composition of Panamanian Colonial Majolica by LA-ICP-MS (Javier G. Inanez, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Juan Guillermo Martın, Richard Ash, William F. McDonough, and Robert J. Speakman).