SUBDIVISION OF ARCHAEOLOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
This subdivision is interested in the chemical analysis of materials of historical and archaeological interest. It has approximately quinquennial symposium. Click HERE for a listing of past symposia.
Below is a list of books based on the symposia. The number of the symposium is listed first, then the title.
The early symposia publications are:- First: Archaeological Chemistry: A Symposium, individual articles, J. Chem. Educ. 1951, 28(2), 63-96.
- Second: NONE PUBLISHED
- Third: Archaeological Chemistry: A Symposium, edited by Martin Levey, 1967. Univ. of Pennsylvania Press.
- Fourth: Science and Archaeology, edited by Robert H. Brill, 1971. MIT Press.
- Fifth: Archaeological Chemistry, edited by Curt W. Beck, 1974. ACS Advances in Chemistry Series No. 138. ISBN 0-8412-0211-7.
- Sixth: Archaeological Chemistry II, edited by Giles F. Carter, 1978. ACS Advances in Chemistry Series No. 171. ISBN 0-8412-0397-0.
- Seventh: Archaeological Chemistry III, edited by Joseph B. Lambert, 1984. ACS Advance in Chemistry Series No. 205. ISBN 0-8412-0767-4.
- Eighth: Archaeological Chemistry IV, edited by Ralph O. Allen, 1988. ACS Advances in Chemistry Series No. 220. ISBN 0-8412-1449-2.
- Ninth: Archaeological Chemistry: Organic, Inorganic and Biochemical Analysis, edited by Mary Virginia Orna, 1996. ACS Symposium Series No. 625. ISBN 0-8412-3395-0.
- Tenth: Archaeological Chemistry: Materials, Methods and Meaning, edited by Kathryn A. Jakes, 2002. ACS Symposium Series No. 831. ISBN 0-8412-3810-3.
- Eleventh: Archaeological Chemistry: Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretation, edited by Robert J. Speakman, Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, 2007. ACS Symposium Series No. 968. ISBN13: 9780841274136.
- Twelth: Archaeological Chemistry VIII, edited by Ruth Ann Armitage and James H. Burton, 2013. ACS Symposium Series No. 1147. ISBN13: 9780841229242.
- Thirteenth: Archaeological Chemistry: A Multidisciplinary Analysis of the Past, edited by M. V. Orna and S. C. Rasmussen, 2020. Cambridge Scholars Publishers, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. ISBN13: 978-1-5275-5979-0.
The books edited by Orna and those published later are currently available from Oxford University Press-USA. The simplest way to find them is to search by author on the Oxford website. Please check the ACS Member Prices link, as discounts are offered on a variety of ACS Symposium volumes.
The other books are not available from the publisher. You will have to search on the secondary market, via websites such as bookfinder.com or addall.com.