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Provenance studies of ancient Etruscan marble monuments and Sardinian pottery by neutron activation analysis and data reduction

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The development of a trace element “fingerprint” as obtained by trace element determination and data reduction has been successfully applied to clear out correlations and similarities among objects of archaeological interest. In the present paper instrumental neutron activation analysis and statistical data treatment were used to solve two archaeological question: (1) the search of white marble quarries which Etruscans were used to exploit to manufacture monuments and sculptures; (2) the search of similarity, and possibly of provenence, among pottery fragemets excavated in Sardinia and belonging to the eneolithic period. Trace element matrices are presented and discussed. Data treament, such as rare-earth element pattern and pattern recognition procedures, is reported and discussed.

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  1. Centro CNR per la Radiochimica e l'Analisi per Attivazione, clo Dipartimento di Chimica Generale, Università di Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, (Italy)

    S. Meloni, N. Genova & V. C. Crespi

  2. Dipartimento di Chimica Generale, UNiversità di Pavia, Viale Taramelli 12, 27100, Pavia, (Italy)

    M. Oddone

  3. Syremont—Istituto Donegani, Via Fauser 4, 28100, Novara, (Italy)

    E. Mello

  4. Istituto di Antichità, Arte e Discipline Etnodemologiche, Università di Sassari, Piazza Conte di Moriana, 07100, Sassari, (Italy)

    G. Tanda

  5. Dipartimento di Scienze Archeologiche, Università di Pisa, Via Galvani 1, 55100, Pisa, (Italy)

    C. Arias & M. Buonamici

  6. Laboratorio Energia Nuclear Applicatia, Università di Pavia, Viale Taramelli 10, 27100, Pavia, (Italy)

    A. Berzero

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Meloni, S., Oddone, M., Genova, N. et al. Provenance studies of ancient Etruscan marble monuments and Sardinian pottery by neutron activation analysis and data reduction. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 168, 273–286 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02040508

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