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Acid Extraction as a Simple and Inexpensive Method for Compositional Characterization of Archaeological Ceramics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

James H. Burton  and
Arleyn W. Simon
James H. Burton
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Archaeological Chemistry, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI 53706
Arleyn W. Simon
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287
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Abstract

An acid-extraction method for analyzing the composition of ceramics produces highly precise results capable of intraregional discrimination of production loci. The method is safe, inexpensive, minimally destructive, and uses widely available instrumentation. It produces results that are highly useful in archaeological interpretation as illustrated by selected case studies.

Resumen

Resumen

Un método de extracción-ácida en el análisis de componentes de materiales cerámicos produce resultados muy precisos capaces de discriminar centros de producción intraregionales. El método es seguro, de bajo costo y con mínimo riesgo de destrucción. Este proceso ofrece resultados muy útiles en la interpretación arqueológica como se ilustra en los casos aquí estudiados.

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American Antiquity , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 45 - 59
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1993

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