Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Archaeology: Developments in Artifact Analysis and Preservation

Archaeology: Developments in Artifact Analysis and Preservation

Archaeology tells us about the lives and customs of earlier societies. This program demonstrates the traditional techniques of excavation, exploration, and conservation. In the past few years, technological advances have affected the field of archaeology. The program explains some of the new approaches to analyzing tree marks, rocks, sediment, and vegetable debris to date objects and provide a larger context for them. Finally, we look at the preservation of artifacts by means of a new nuclear technology. (23 minutes)

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Item#: BVL5595
Copyright date: ©1993
VHS ISBN 978-1-4213-9420-6
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-9421-3


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