'M glow blue': Archaeometric research at Michigan's ford nuclear reactor

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-228

  Minc, L D ^a   Sherman, R J ^b   Elson, C ^c   Spencer, C S ^c   Redmond, E M ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Ford Nuclear Reactor (FNR); Neutron activation analysis; Oaxaca

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA;

EID: 34249894426     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00297.x     Document Type: Article

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