XRF and the Corrosion Environment at Camp Lawton: A Comprehensive Study of the Archeological Microenvironment of a Civil War Prison Camp

<p>Author's abstract: Handheld X Ray Fluorescence (XRF) technology is a new and emerging method in the field of archeology. This thesis discusses the results of XRF comparative analysis and comparative chemical analysis between a given ferrous metallic artifact's corrosion environment (the surrounding soil matrix) and the subsequent corrosion products formed on the artifact. The hypothesis is that the data will demonstrate a chemical correlation between the two. Iron and chlorine are the two major elements discussed in the study. The artifacts in the sample set have been collected from Camp Lawton (9JS1), a Confederate Prison for Union Soldiers located in Millen, GA that dates to late 1864.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Social Sciences (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis (open access)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Morrow, Amanda L.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Peggy Hargis
• Robert Shanafelt

• ETD
• XRF
• X ray
• Iron
• Corrosion
• Conservation
• Metal detection
• Civil War
• Prison
• Confederacy
• Millen
• Camp Lawton
• Archeology
• Chlorides
• Anthropology
• Archaeological Anthropology
• History
• Military History
• Other Anthropology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Social and Cultural Anthropology
• United States History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1007

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-2040