COMMENT: CHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL APPROACHES TO CERAMIC PROVENANCE DETERMINATION |
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| Authors: | H NEFF |
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| Institution: | Institute for Integrated Research in Materials, Environments, and Society (IIRMES), California State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, California, CA 90815, USA |
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| Abstract: | This comment concerns an ‘absolutist’ perspective on the superiority of mineralogical analysis over chemical analysis for the determination of ceramic provenance. This point of view has appeared in the literature in recent years, but it has not been justified and is not justifiable. Mineralogy and chemistry are complementary. They measure different things and are best used in combination to generate secure, geographically specific ceramic source assignments. |
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| Keywords: | PROVENANCE DETERMINATION PETROGRAPHY NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS TEMPER DIAGENESIS FIRING |
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