Assessing XRF for the geochemical characterization of radiolarian chert artifacts from northeastern North America

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2436-2451

  Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Burke, Adrian L ^a   Leclerc, Mathieu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chert; Geochemistry; Non destructive; Quarries; Quebec; Weathering; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CHERT; DATA SET; GEOCHEMISTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; QUARRY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84860883780     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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