Abstract
A weak-acid extraction technique for inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy (ICP) was recently advocated as an inexpensive, highly precise method of chemical characterization of archaeological ceramics. We critically evaluate this approach on the basis of a large sample of Southwestern ceramics which were analysed both by weak-acid extraction ICP and neutron activation analysis. The comparison of the two data sets shows significant compositional discrepancies that lead to widely divergent archaeological interpretations.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 997-1002 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Acid-exraction ICP
- American Southwest
- Ceramics
- Chemical Characterization
- Neutron activation analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Archaeology
- Archaeology
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Triadan, D., Neff, H., & Glascock, M. D. (1997). An evaluation of the archaeological relevance of weak-acid extraction ICP: White mountain redware as a case study. Journal of Archaeological Science, 24(11), 997-1002. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1996.0177