Handheld XRF analysis of Maya ceramics: A pilot study presenting issues related to quantification and calibration

Handheld XRF for Art and Archaeology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 423-448

  Aimers, Jim J ^a   Farthing, Dori J ^a   Shugar, Aaron N ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

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