The forest or the trees? Behavioral and methodological considerations for geochemical characterization of heavily-tempered ceramic pastes using NAA and LA-ICP-MS

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2668-2683

  Stoner, Wesley D ^a   Glascock, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Compositional sourcing; LA ICP MS; NAA; Pottery

Indexed keywords

CLAY; GEOCHEMISTRY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; KAOLINITE; LASER METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ASH;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; VERACRUZ;

EID: 84862218701     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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