Shukla A.K. (ed.) Spectroscopic and Microscopy Techniques for Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Research

2nd Edition. — IOP Publishing Ltd, 2023. — 222 p. — (IOP Series in Spectroscopic Methods and Applications). — ISBN 978-0-7503-4844-7.This volume entitled Spectroscopic and Microscopy Techniques for rchaeological and Cultural Heritage Research to the reader. This is the second edition of the edited volume ‘Spectroscopic Techniques for Archaeological and Cultural Heritage Research’ published two years ago. This volume not only includes additional spectroscopic techniques but also covers microscopy techniques applied for archaeology and cultural heritage research.Preface
Introduction
Nonlinear optical microscopy techniques for cultural heritage studies
Spectrometry as a nondestructive technique in identifying cultural archaeological heritage: some case studies illustrating ‘characterization without devastation’
X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy in the investigation of works of art
ESR dating in Archaeology
The development of low frequency EPR spectroscopy for studying objects with cultural heritage significance
Determination by ESR of the temperature of prehistoric lithic heat treatment
Concordant ESR and TL depositional age of Romanian Plane loess
Electron spin resonance spectroscopy: a tool for dating mollusk shells, corals, and other materials