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Chemical characterisations of Carpathian obsidian sources by instrumental and epithermal neutron activation analysis

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Obsidian samples from the Tokaj Mountains (Hungary) and from the neighbouring Zemplin Hills (Slovakia) were analysed by instrumental and epithermal neutron activation analysis for obtaining a “fingerprint” for discrimination of potential natural sources of raw material that would permit tracing the origin of archaeological obsidian artefacts. These techniques fully discriminate the Zemplin Hills sources (Carpathian I, eastern Slovakia) and the Tokaj Mountain sources (Carpathian II, north-eastern Hungary) as well as these Central European sources from those already studied of the Mediterranean basin and adjacent regions.

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  1. Centro CNR di Radiochimica ed Analisi per Attivazione, Dipartimento di Chimica Generale, Università, Pavia, Italy

    M. Oddone

  2. Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Geofizikai Tanszék, Ludovika sq., Budapest, Hungary

    P. Márton

  3. Istituto di Geocronologia e Geochimica Isotopica, CNR, Pisa, Italy

    G. Bigazzi

  4. Department of Information, Hungarian National Museum, P.O.B. 124 VIII, H-1450, Budapest, Hungary

    K. T. Biró

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Oddone, M., Márton, P., Bigazzi, G. et al. Chemical characterisations of Carpathian obsidian sources by instrumental and epithermal neutron activation analysis. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 240, 147–153 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02349147

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