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Laboratory-scale Instrumental Neutron Activation for Archaeological Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Ralph A. Johnson  and
F. H. Stross
Ralph A. Johnson
Affiliation:
Shell Development Company, Emoryville, California
F. H. Stross
Affiliation:
Shell Development Company, Emoryville, California
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Abstract

Neutron activation analysis has been used to determine manganese in a series of potsherd chips from sites in the Valley of Mexico. The application of this technique and the use of laboratory-scale commercial equipment is described. Such equipment can give results in this application that are comparable to those obtained with the much higher fluxes characteristic of large reactors.

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American Antiquity , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , January 1965 , pp. 345 - 347
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1965

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