@article{ef163d71dea44591b5f760f946dbfd5f,
title = "An evaluation of the archaeological relevance of weak-acid extraction ICP: White mountain redware as a case study",
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.",
keywords = "Acid-exraction ICP, American Southwest, Ceramics, Chemical Characterization, Neutron activation analysis",
author = "Daniela Triadan and Hector Neff and Glascock, {Michael D.}",
note = "Funding Information: James H. Burton of the Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison conducted the weak-acid ICP analysis of an exceptionally large sample of ceramics. Although our opinions diVer, we are grateful for his invaluable co-operation. Neutron activation analysis was made possible through the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) Predoctoral Internship Program in Archaeometry, funded by the National Science Foundation (DBS- 9102016). We also thank Michael W. Graves, Patricia L. Crown, Ronald L. Bishop, and Takeshi Inomata for their helpful comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this paper.",
year = "1997",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1006/jasc.1996.0177",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "24",
pages = "997--1002",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
issn = "0305-4403",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "11",
}