SEM, EPR and ToF-SIMS analyses applied to unravel the technology employed for pottery-making by pre-colonial Indian tribes from Pantanal, Brazil

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2179-2187

  Felicissimo, Marcella P ^a   Peixoto, José Luis ^b   Bittencourt, Carla ^c   Tomasi, Roberto ^d   Houssiau, Laurent ^c   Pireaux, Jean Jacques ^c   Rodrigues Filho, Ubirajara P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ancient pottery; Archaeometry; EPR; Mechanical properties; Pantanal; SEM; ToF SIMS

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIAL CULTURE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 77954244106     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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