The Applied Science Center for Archaeology

AbstractThe Applied Science Center for Archaeology of the University Museum in Philadelphia is now experimenting with devices that will facilitate the task of precise location and even discovery of cultural strata. The Geohm resistometer and the proton magnetometer are both being used satisfactorily, and further development of a new sonic device has begun. The Center has also been studying new techniques for the determination of trace elements in metals and ceramics, and the thermoluminescence method for dating pottery and other fired objects. In cooperation with the already established radiocarbon laboratory, a project is underway to acquire and date tree samples of very great age. The Center is also gathering and cross-indexing information on completed analyses carried out with the various dating devices and techniques. This information is drawn from both published and unpublished materials.

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Current Research in Phytolith Analysis: Applications in Archaeology and Paleoecology. Deborah M. Pearsall and Dolores R. Piperno, editors. MASCA Research Papers in Science and Archaeology, Vol. 10. Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1993. 212 pp., figures, tables, references, indexes. $35.00 (cloth).

American Antiquity ◽

10.2307/282444 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 61 (2) ◽

pp. 430-431 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Irwin Rovner

Keyword(s):

Applied Science ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

Science Center ◽

Research Papers ◽

Phytolith Analysis ◽

University Museum

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Monitoring of Cytotoxic Induced Cellular Displacements by Utilizing Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry

Materials Science Forum ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.941.2513 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 941 ◽

pp. 2513-2517

Author(s):

Josefine Gottschalk ◽

Erik Krumnow ◽

Kai Henning Lietzau ◽

Andreas H. Foitzik ◽

Maria Richetta

Keyword(s):

Speckle Pattern ◽

Medical Science ◽

Applied Science ◽

Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry ◽

Modular Approach ◽

Tissue Samples ◽

The University ◽

Further Development ◽

New Strategies ◽

Over Time

Modern medical science delivers through innovative chemical or mechanical/physical means new strategies to treat patients mildly and fight diseases accurately. In line with this development a screening procedure for tissue samples under usage of the electronic speckle pattern interferometry is developed at the University of Applied Science Wildau. The paper at hand provides the corner stone for such a procedure in form of an incubation system that is adapted to the properties of an electronic speckle pattern interferometer and allows the incubation as well as study of samples over time. As a result the developed system can regulate its own temperature and is constructed for use in an electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) setup. Its design allows a simple modular approach for further development

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Underwater Surveying and Draughting—A Technique

Antiquity ◽

10.1017/s0003598x00036772 ◽

1962 ◽

Vol 36 (144) ◽

pp. 252-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eric J. Ryan ◽

George F. Bass

Keyword(s):

Bronze Age ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Point Of View ◽

University Of Pennsylvania ◽

New Techniques ◽

Considerable Difficulty ◽

Marine Archaeology ◽

The Past ◽

University Museum ◽

The University

‘No attempt worthy of the name has yet been made to explore an ancient wreck. Marine Archaeology will only become a science by practice, patience and experience. But at any rate we know enough to say that any excavation likely to fulfill its purpose will be heart-breakingly slow and will only be achieved underwater’.Philippe Diolé, L’Aventure Sous-Marine, 1951.Rapid strides in the development of underwater excavation have been made during the past two decades. New techniques of diving, raising objects, and removing sand and mud make practical the excavation of sites lying at depths up to 150 ft. The problems encountered in making accurate three-dimensional plans, however, are only slowly being solved. The methods used by the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania, in excavating two ancient wrecks off the southern coast of Turkey, present partial solutions to these problems.The excavation of a late Bronze Age shipwreck, reported lying near Cape Gelidonya by Peter Throckmorton, has been discussed more fully elsewhere. This wreck rested upon bedrock, which was unfortunate from an archaeological point of view as there was no protective covering of sand to preserve the wooden hull. The survey of the site and its remains, however, was relatively simple. Scattered heaps of metal cargo were photographed, plotted and then, not without considerable difficulty, removed to the surface in lumps held together by 32 centuries of deep sea concretion.

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