archæometry
(ɑːkiːˈɒmɪtrɪ)
[f. archæo- + -metry.]
The application of modern scientific and technical methods to the interpretation of archæological remains.
| 1958 (title) Archaeometry. 1961 M. J. Aitken Physics & Archæol. p.v, Archæometry, measurements made on archæological material. 1975 Nature 20 Mar. p.xiv (Advt.), The book contains much of interest for the general scientific reader as well as for people with a specific interest in archaeometry. 1977 Sci. News 26 Mar. 198 The new UC experiments confirm that the timber came from a tree that was chopped down around a.d. 700, UCLA archaeologist Rainer Berger reported last week at a symposium on archaeometry. 1977 Oxford Times (City ed.) 13 May 11 The subject of archaeometry—a term coined by our first archaeological associate, Prof. C. F. C. Hawkes—is now well established throughout the world. |
Hence archæoˈmetric a., of or pertaining to archaeometry; archæˈometrist, a person involved in archaeometry.
| 1972 Nature 31 Mar. 225/1 The magnetic charts now being prepared from these data may be used as an archaeometric standard with which to date other remains from this part of the world. 1974 Jrnl. Field Archaeol. I. 224/2 Archaeometrists may not be able to analyze large numbers of finds on demand. 1982 H. P. Schwarcz in Ivanovich & Harmon Uranium Series Disequilibrium xii. 305 This would cause at least a partial resetting of radiometric dates; therefore, the archaeometrist must always be on guard. 1984 Jrnl. Field Archaeol. XI. 341/1 A repository of archaeometric research collections..has been established at the Conservation Analytical Laboratory of the Smithsonian Institution. |