Chemical characterization of sources of obsidian from the Sepik coast (PNG)

Archaeology in Oceania

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 120-129

  Golitko, Mark ^a,b   Meierhoff, James ^a   Terrell, John Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

LA ICP MS; Obsidian; Papua New Guinea; Portable XRF; Sepik coast

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953325526     PISSN: 07284896     EISSN: 18344453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00088.x     Document Type: Article

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