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Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis and Multivariate Statistics for Pottery Provenance


M. D. Glascock, H. Neff
Research Reactor Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA


K. J. Vaughn
Department of Anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA 98447, USA


Abstract
The application of instrumental neutron activation analysis and multivariate statistics to archaeological studies of ceramics and clays is described. A small pottery data set from the Nasca culture in southern Peru is presented for illustration.


Keywords
pottery, clays, provenance, instrumental neutron activation analysis, multivariate statistics, Nasca, Peru


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