Assessing ceramic compositional data: A comparison of total reflection X-ray fluorescence and instrumental neutron activation analysis on Late Iron Age Spanish Celtiberian ceramics

Archaeometry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-347

  Garcia Heras M ^a   Blackman, M J ^a   Fernandez Ruiz R ^b   Bishop, R L ^a  

^a Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Celtiberian period; Central Spain; Ceramic compositional analysis; Instrumental neutron activation; Intercomparison; Late Iron Age; Provenance; Total reflection X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035613175     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.00020     Document Type: Review

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