Chemical characterization of ancient pottery from Sudan by x-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), electron microprobe analyses (EMPA) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Archaeometry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 339-356

  Klein, M ^a   Jesse, F ^a   Kasper, H U ^a   Golden A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramics,; Chemical characterization; Electron microprobe analysis; Holocene; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Phosphorus; Prehistory; Sudan; X ray fluorescence analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HOLOCENE; PREHISTORIC;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 5144225801     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2004.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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