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NAA and ICP analysis of obsidian from Central Europe and the Aegean: Source characterisation and provenance determination

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INAA and ICPES are compared for their discriminative power in obsidian source characterisation. Geological samples from the Aegean and Carpathian sources were analysed for Na, Sc, Fe, Co, Rb, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Yb, Lu, Hf, Ta, Th, U by INAA and for B, Na, Mg, Al, K, Ca, Sc, Ti, Mn, Fe, Zn, Y, Yr, Cs, Ba, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Yb, Lu, Hf by two ICPES procedures. It is shown that all techniques work successfully, however, INAA is more efficient in the chemical discrimination of neighbouring sources.

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  1. Archaeometry Laborotory, NCSR Demokritos, Aghia Paraskevi, 15310, Attiki, Greece

    V. Kilikoglou & Y. Bassiakos

  2. Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens, Souidias 52, 10676, Athens, Greece

    R. C. Doonan

  3. Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Aristotle University, 54006, Thessaloniki, Greece

    J. Stratis

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Kilikoglou, V., Bassiakos, Y., Doonan, R.C. et al. NAA and ICP analysis of obsidian from Central Europe and the Aegean: Source characterisation and provenance determination. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 216, 87–93 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02034501

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