Mapping prehistoric social fields on the Sepik coast of Papua New Guinea: Ceramic compositional analysis using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3568-3580

  Golitko, Mark ^a   Terrell, John Edward ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA ICP MS); Papua New Guinea; Sepik coast; Tumleo Island

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; COASTAL ZONE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREHISTORIC;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84865043577     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.037     Document Type: Article

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