A new dating method for high-calcium archeological glasses based upon surfa-water diffusion: Preliminary calibration and procedures

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-177

  Stevenson, C M ^a   Wheeler, D ^b   Novak, S W ^c   Speakman, R J ^d   Glascock, M D ^e  

^a Virginia Department of Historic Resources   (United States)

^b The Thomas Jefferson Foundation   (United States)

^c Smithsonian Institution ^*  (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali exchange; Dating; Diffusion; Glass; Infrared; Mean ceramic date; Monticello; Sims; Vapour hydration

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DIFFUSION; GLASS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 33847274687     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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