Experimental evaluation of sample-extraction methods and the potential for contamination in ceramic specimens

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 880-892

  Boulanger, M T ^a   Fehrenbach, S S ^b   Glascock, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Contamination; Neutron activation; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXTRACTION METHOD; POLLUTANT; SEPARATION; SILICON;

EID: 84884355439     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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