Using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to source shell in shell-tempered pottery: A pilot study from North Mississippi

Southeastern Archaeology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-329

  Peacock, Evan ^a   Neff, Hector ^b   Rafferty, Janet ^a   Meaker, Thomas ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PREHISTORIC; PROVENANCE;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39549084540     PISSN: 0734578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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