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Pacific obsidian sourcing by portable XRF

Pacific obsidian sourcing by portable XRF

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1712558081

Pacific obsidian sourcing by portable XRF

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Pacific obsidian sourcing by portable XRF

Publisher

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

Archaeology in Oceania, 2010-04, Vol.45 (1), p.21-30

Language

English

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Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Contents

The use of portable XRF analysis to characterise the geochemistry of Pacific obsidians is reported. Obsidian source samples from New Britain, the Admiralties, Fergusson Island and the Banks Islands were successfully characterised and then used to source 966 samples of obsidian from three (SE=SZ-8, SE-RF-2, SE-RF-6) Reef/Santa Cruz Lapita sites. The...

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Pacific obsidian sourcing by portable XRF

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1712558081

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1712558081

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ISSN

0728-4896

E-ISSN

1834-4453

DOI

10.1002/j.1834-4453.2010.tb00074.x

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