35405

Accession Number

4798

Author

Luckenbach, Alvin H.; Holland, C.G.; Allen, Ralph O.

Title Of Article Chaper

Soapstone artifacts: tracing prehistoric trade patterns in Virginia

Title Of Journal Book

Science

Volume

187

Issue

4171

Pages

57-58

Literature Type

Serial

Literature Level

Analytic

Abstract

Instrumental neutron activation analysis was used to determine rare earth elements in soapstone from quarries and artifacts in eastern Virginia. Artifactual material from the first millennium B.C. could be traced to source outcrops. -- AATA

pub_id

35405