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1、NaturalScienceinArchaeologySeriesEditorsBerndHerrmannGüntherA.WagnerGeorgeRappArchaeomineralogy123Prof.Dr.GeorgeRappUniversityofMinnesotaDepartmentofGeologicalSciencesDuluthMN55812-2496USAgrapp@d.umn.eduISBN:978-3-540-78593-4e-ISBN:978-3-540-78594-1DOI10.1007/978-3-540-78594-
2、1LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2008937806NaturalScienceinArchaeologyISSN:1613-9712©Springer-VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2009Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.Allrightsarereserved,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrat
3、ions,recitation,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmorinanyotherway,andstorageindatabanks.DuplicationofthispublicationorpartsthereofispermittedonlyundertheprovisionsoftheGermanCopyrightLawofSeptember9,1965,initscurrentversion,andpermissionforusemustalwaysbeobtainedfromSpringer
4、.ViolationsareliabletoprosecutionundertheGermanCopyrightLaw.Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,etc.inthispublicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgen
5、eraluse.Coverdesign:Bauer,ThomasPrintedonacid-freepaper987654321springer.comPrefaceandReader’sGuideWithmajorlimitations,theplannedscopeofthisbookisasystematiclookatthemineralandrockmaterialsthathavebeenusedfromprehistorictimesthroughtheseventeenthcenturyCE.Theauthorhasusedthe
6、endoftheseventeenthcenturyasastoppingpointbecausetheexpansionoftheworldeconomyandscientificknowl-edgeatthattimewouldhaveledthisbooktobecometwovolumes.[ThenotationusedfordatesthroughoutisBCE(BeforetheCommonEra),CE(datingtoourCommonEra)andBP(BeforethePresent)toavoidanyreligious
7、connotations.]Archaeomineralogymayseemlikeasmallandarcanenicheinthescholarlyworld.However,itturnedouttobeverydifficulttolimitthenumberofreferencescitedfromthelargeuniverseofpublications.Inpreparingthisvolumeitbecameobviousthatthenumberofgermanearticlesandbooksliessomewherebetw
8、een5000and10,000.Thosepublicationsusedandreferencedconstituteonlyasm