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Author

Merrick, H.V.; Brown, F.H.

Title Of Article Chaper

Rapid chemical characterization of obsidian artifacts by electron microprobe analysis

Title Of Journal Book

Archaeometry

Volume

26

Issue

2

Pages

230-236

Collation

Table, fig., 15 refs.

Language Of Text

English

Literature Type

Serial

Literature Level

Analytic

Abstract

The potential of the electron microprobe to analyze chemically obsidian artifacts for source provenance studies is demonstrated using artifacts from four archaeological sites in Kenya.

Keywords

Obsidian, analysis; electron, probe; obsidian, source trade; ICCROM

pub_id

47003