Handheld portable X-ray fluorescence of Aegean obsidians

Archaeometry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 228-260

  Frahm, E ^a   Doonan, R ^a   Kilikoglou, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Antiparos; Dhemenegaki; Field portable X ray fluorescence (fpXRF); Giali; Handheld portable X ray fluorescence (HHpXRF); Melos; Obsidian sourcing; Portable X ray fluorescence (pXRF); Provenancing; Sta Nychia

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; OBSIDIAN; PROVENANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

GATTYANA;

EID: 84900073856     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12012     Document Type: Article

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