The importance of the 'best relative fit factor' when evaluating elemental concentration data of pottery demonstrated with Mycenaean sherds from Sinda, Cyprus

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 359-371

  Mommsen, H ^a   Sjoberg B L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Best relative fit; Bonn archaeometry laboratory; History; Neutron activation analysis; Pottery

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34249871889     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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