PIXE cluster analysis of ancient ceramics from North Syria
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2002
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
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KIEFT, I. E., JAMIESON, D. N., ROUT, B., SZYMANSKI, R. & JAMIESON, A. S. (2002). PIXE cluster analysis of ancient ceramics from North Syria. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 190 (1-4), pp.492-496. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(01)01284-8.
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Tell Ahmar is a place situated on the east bank of the Euphrates river, near the Turkish border. The site was well known as a major trade centre in the Iron Age. From the many potsherds excavated from the site, it is necessary to distinguish pottery imported from outside from that made locally. Therefore a sample of the Iron Age potsherds that were excavated from this site was analyzed with particle induced X-ray emission to identify the characteristic composition of the different sherds. Potsherds from four other places near Tell Ahmar were also analyzed. The samples were irradiated with a scanned 3 MeV proton beam in the Melbourne nuclear microprobe. The composition of all sherds measured by this method was similar. However, cluster analysis of the 12 most abundant elements, ranging from Mn to Ba, revealed that the samples known to be from Tell Ahmar could be distinguished from those known to be from elsewhere.
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Condensed Matter Physics - Structural Properties ; Physical Sciences