PIXE ANALYSIS OF POTTERY FROM THE NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH-AFRICA

Authors
JACOBSON L PINEDA CA MORRIS D PEISACH M
Citation
L. Jacobson et al., PIXE ANALYSIS OF POTTERY FROM THE NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH-AFRICA, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 85(1-4), 1994, pp. 901-903
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
85
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
901 - 903
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1994)85:1-4<901:PAOPFT>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Contact between culturally distinct prehistoric communities through tr ade or exchange led to the introduction of imported objects onto sites of archaeological interest. PIXE analysis, with an external beam, on 33 specimens showed that 10 elements were common to all, but Ti, Ni an d Sr were the elements that provided the greater differentiation betwe en areas. Using a previously described model for the combined chemical and stylistic analyses, evidence was obtained for the movement of she rds across the region of study.