A pilot compositional analysis of Nasca ceramics from the Kroeber collection

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3560-3567

  Vaughn, Kevin J ^a   Dussubieux, Laure ^b   Williams, P Ryan ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Compositional analysis; INAA; Laser ablation ICP MS; Nasca

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MUSEUM;

ANDES; ICA; NAZCA; PERU;

EID: 80054124551     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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