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Title Of Article Chaper
Sponge spicules as a characteristic of ancient African pottery from Mali
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of field archaeology
Volume
13
Issue
3
Pages
357-359
Collation
2 photos, 1 fig., 9 refs.
Publisher
Boston University
Publisher City
Boston
ISBN
0093-4690
ISSN
0093-4690
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Scanning electron microscopy confirms earlier work by proton-induced x-ray emission (PIXE), neutron activation analysis (NAA), and x-ray diffraction (XRD) on the presence of skeletal remains of the freshwater sponge <i>Potamolipis</i> in the temper of Mali pottery dated to the 7th century AC.
Keywords
Pottery Mali;Temper;Sponge spicules; Scanning electron (SEM0 Microscopy AATA
pub_id
40311