LA-ICP-MS, sem-eds and epma analysis of eastern north american copper-based artefacts: Impact of corrosion and heterogeneity on the reliability of the la-icp-ms compositional results

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 643-657

  Dussubieux, Laure ^a   Deraisme, Aurelie ^b   Frot, Gérard ^b   Stevenson, Christopher ^c   Creech, Amy ^c   Bienvenu, Yves ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Virginia Department of Historic Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Brass; Copper; Eastern North America; Epm; La icp ms; Native american; Sem eds; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; COPPER; CORROSION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PROVENANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRACE ELEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

LYCAENA PHLAEAS;

EID: 47949112296     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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