Assessing natural clay composition in the valley of Oaxaca as a basis for ceramic provenance studies

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 285-328

  Minc, L D ^a   Sherman, R J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic petrography; Ceramic provenance; Clay geochemistry; Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA); Mexico; Trace element analysis; Valley of oaxaca

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; BEDROCK; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MINERALOGY; PARENT MATERIAL; PETROGRAPHY; PREHISTORIC; PROVENANCE; TRACE ELEMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; OAXACA;

EID: 79952810396     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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