X-ray fluorescence spectrometry in twenty-first century archaeology

X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (XRF) in Geoarchaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Shackley, M Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80051795935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6886-9_1     Document Type: Chapter

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