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Neutron activation analysis for provenance studies of archaeological artifacts

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Differences in composition of archaeological artifacts may only in distinct cases be interpreted in terms of provenance differences. This point is discussed with examples: the large number of elements analyzed with precision and the relative lack of sensitivity of many of them to the presence of crystalline inclusions, made of NAA the method most commonly used for provenance studies of ceramics.

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Widemann, F. Neutron activation analysis for provenance studies of archaeological artifacts. J. Radioanal. Chem. 55, 271–281 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514412

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