Table 1: Archaeological projects supported by the CSULB

Archaeometry Program (now part of IIRMES), 2002 – 2005.

Investigator

Institution

Project

Hans Barnard, 2002 – 2005 (ongoing)

UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

MD-ICP-MS and LA-ICP-MS analysis Eastern Desert Ware from Egypt

Brad Beck, Winter 2005 (ongoing)

CSU Northridge, MA student, Anthropology

LA-ICP-MS of jadeite source samples and greenstones from Pacific coastal Guatemala

Margaret Beck, Fall 2004  (ongoing)

Statistical Research, Inc., Tucson

LA-ICP-MS of intact pastes on Papaguerían ceramics.

David Carballo, Spring 2003

UCLA, Anthropology Ph.D. Student

LA-ICP-MS analysis of obsidian from central Mexico (dissertation research)

Leslie Cecil, Winter 2004

Baylor University, Anthropology

LA-ICP-MS of pigments on Postclassic Maya pottery

Ethan Cochrane, Fall 2003

U. Hawaii, Ph.D. candidate, Anthropology

LA-ICP-MS of ceramics from Fiji (dissertation research)

Steve Cole, Fall 2003

TVA

LA-ICP-MS of chert from Late Paleolithic contexts in the Perigord, France

Andrea Cucina, 2003 – 2004 (ongoing)

U. Autónoma de Yucatán, Facultad de Ciencias Antropológicos

LA-ICP-MS determination of trace elements and Sr-isotope ratios in human tooth enamel from Yucatan

Sam Duwe, Fall 2004 (ongoing)

University of Arizona, Anthropology graduate student

LA-ICP-MS determination of elemental concentrations and lead-isotope ratios in White-Mountain redware and Cibola Whiteware

Scott Fitzpatrick, Spring 2004

North Carolina State University, Sociology and Anthropology

LA-ICP-MS of pottery from Okinawa and Mainland Japan

Arleen Garcia and Jose Luis Lanata

UCSB and U. de Buenos Aires, Argentina

LA-ICP-MS analysis of obsidian from Patagonia

Peter Grave, Winter 2004

University of New England, Australia (Archaeology)

LA-ICP-MS elemental and lead-isotope characterization of Burmese and Turkish glazed tiles and Hellenistic glass.

David Hill, Fall 2004 (ongoing)

University of Texas, Austin, Anthropology Ph.D. Student

Lead-isotope ratio determination by LA-ICP-MS of Islamic glazed pottery from Iran (dissertation res.)

George T. Jones and Charlotte Beck, Spring 2004

Hamilton College Anthropology

LA-ICP-MS of Archaic period fine-grained volcanic rock bifaces from the Great Basin

Brigitte Kovacevich

Vanderbilt University Ph.D. Student

LA-ICP-MS analysis of jadeite from the jade workshop at Cancuen, Guatemala

Natalie Lawson, Spring 2003

CSU-Fullerton, Anthropology MA student

LA-ICP-MS of Benin Bronzes

Leonardo Lopez Lujan, Saburo Sugiyama,  and Laura Filloy Nadal

Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico; Aichi Prefectural University; and Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico

LA-ICP-MS of jade artifacts from the Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacan, and the mask of Pakal, Lord of Palenque

Evan Peacock, Spring 2003

Mississippi State University, Anthropology

LA-ICP-MS analysis of shell temper in Mississippian pottery

Peter Robertshaw, Fall, 2004 (ongoing)

CSU-San Bernardino Anthropology

Lead-isotope ratio analysis of African glass beads via LA-ICP-MS

Ana Tejeda, Spring and Fall 2003

CSU-Northridge, MA student, Anthropology

LA-ICP-MS analysis of fine-paste pottery from La Blanca, Guatemala