Micro-PIXE/PIGE analysis of Palaeolithic mammoth ivory: Potential chemical markers of provenance and relative dating

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 416, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-141

  Heckel, C ^a   Muller K ^b   White, R ^a,e   Floss, H ^c   Conard, N J ^c   Reiche, I ^b,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institut Universitaire de France   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Ibero Amerikanisches Institut Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz   (Germany)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Mammoth ivory; Micro Proton Induced X ray Emission and Micro Proton Induced Gamma Ray Emission; Minor and trace element analysis; Upper and Middle Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATING METHOD; MAMMOTH; PALEOLITHIC; PROVENANCE;

EID: 84910685737     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.09.010     Document Type: Article

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