Archaeological and Geological Approaches in the Work on the Project “Materiality and ancient environmental knowledge reconstruction trough archaeological chemistry analytical techniques (RE:MATRIARCHES)”

Authors

  • Boyan Dumanov New Bulgarian University
  • Zhivko Uzunov New Bulgarian University
  • Bilyana Kostova New Bulgarian University
  • Irena Dimitrova New Bulgarian University
  • Ventsislava Ivanova New Bulgarian University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33919/ansd.20-21.6.6

Keywords:

archaeological and geological approaches, fieldwork planning, fieldwork, post-fieldwork, sample collection

Abstract

The study discusses new approaches designed for the purposeful selection of archeological and geological sites and sample collection for analysis via archaeological chemistry techniques. The approaches discussed provide opportunities for coherent interpretation of analytical data in view of the project’s objectives: gaining fundamental knowledge of material culture in different archaeological periods as well as of people’s knowledge of the environment in ancient times.

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2021-11-19

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Dumanov, B., Uzunov, Z., Kostova, B., Dimitrova, I., & Ivanova, V. (2021). Archaeological and Geological Approaches in the Work on the Project “Materiality and ancient environmental knowledge reconstruction trough archaeological chemistry analytical techniques (RE:MATRIARCHES)”. Annual of Natural Sciences Department, 6, 63–72. https://doi.org/10.33919/ansd.20-21.6.6

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