Provenancing flint artefacts with ICP-MS using ree signatures and pB isotopes as discriminants: Preliminary results of a case study from Northern Sweden

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1142-1170

  Olofsson, A ^a   Rodushkin, I ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Sweden   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chert; Flint; ICP SFMS; MC ICP MS; Northern Sweden; PB isotopes; Provenance study; Ree

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CHERT; FLINT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; PROVENANCE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80855131533     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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