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Acknowledging fifty years of neutron activation analysis in archaeology
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Title:
Acknowledging fifty years of neutron activation analysis in archaeology
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Archaeometry
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Volume:
49 (2)
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Journal
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Editor:
Mark M Pollard
Günther A Wagner
J Burton
M Martini
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Issue Editor:
Robert Speakman
Michael D Glascock
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Blackwell Publishing
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2007
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/toc/arch/49/2
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05 Dec 2007
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Acknowledging fifty years of neutron activation analysis in archaeology
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Neutron activation analysis at the British Museum, London
Michael J Hughes
255 - 270
neutron activation analysis was used at the British Museum from 1978 until 2002 for provenance studies on ceramics and marble. Significant numbers of the items analysed were of high quality and value, and careful sampling was necessary to avoid damage to the object. An in-house British Museum Standard Pottery was established and inter-calibrated with a number of standards used by other archaeometry laboratories. The results of the projects have been published in many papers, and the databases established will be of use to future scholars interested in the ceramic groups represented. Projects on Greek and Near Eastern pottery have been undertaken. Relatively large numbers of north European medieval and post-medieval pottery samples were analysed, as well as the tin-glazed ceramics of Spain and Italy. Classical marble has also formed the subject of another project and a database of quarry material has been established
INAA of archaeological samples at the University of Manchester
G W A Newton
289 - 299
the paper outlines the history of INAA at the University of Manchester, which began with a request for help from the university's Department of Archaeology in the early 1970s. Topics covered include refinement in the method of selecting pottery to be sampled from the simple assumption that sherds found at a site were typical of those made there, to a greater focus on kiln sites and wasters, and discussion of the department's teaching role as an important element in Manchester's approach. Close collaboration with archaeologists encouraged methodological comparisons, and allowed INAA to be seen as an additional weapon in the archaeologists' arsenal as much as a developing scientific technique. The university's place as the inventor of the computer encouraged the development of statistical programs, which in turn facilitated ready collaboration and exchange of information with other laboratories. Includes
Appendix 1: NAA of ancient pottery at the University of Manche...
297 - 299