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Archaeometry focuses on the utilization of scientific techniques for the analysis of archaeological materials. It plays an important role in locating the potential archaeological sites with the help of remote sensing, aerial photography and geophysical surveys. It is characterized into several areas including artifact studies, conservation sciences, and physical and chemical dating methods. Zooarchaeology, lithic analysis, archaeometallurgy and palynology are some techniques which are also the primary sub-disciplines of archaeometry. It provides absolute dates for the archaeological artifacts and strata. The dating techniques used in the archaeometry include electron spin resonance, radiocarbon dating, thermoluminescence dating, dendrochronology, etc. The topics included in this book on archaeometry are of utmost significance and bound to provide incredible insights to readers. It strives to provide a fair idea about this discipline and to help develop a better understanding of the latest advances within this field. A number of latest researches have been included to keep the readers up-to-date with the global concepts in archaeometry.

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