Characterization of New Zealand obsidian using PXRF

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-56

  Sheppard, Peter J ^a   Irwin, Geoff J ^a   Lin, Sam C ^a,b   McCaffrey, Cameron P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification tree; New Zealand; Obsidian sourcing; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EXPLOITATION; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; OBSIDIAN; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AUCKLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; KERMADEC ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 78049318487     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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