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Comparison of flssion-track parameters - age and track densities - is an alternative tool for correlating obsidian artefacts with their potential natural sources. This method was applied by different fission-track groups in various regions and results were compared with those obtained using the more popular provenance identification techniques based on chemical composition studies. Hundreds of analyses prove that fission-tràck dating is a complementary technique which turns out to be very useful, specially when the chemical ' composition does not fully discriminate different sources. Archaeologically significant results were obtained applying the fission-track analysis in various regions of earth.

The Fission-Track Analysis: an alternative technique for provenance studies of prehistoric obsidian artefacts

ODDONE, MASSIMO;
1999-01-01

Abstract

Comparison of flssion-track parameters - age and track densities - is an alternative tool for correlating obsidian artefacts with their potential natural sources. This method was applied by different fission-track groups in various regions and results were compared with those obtained using the more popular provenance identification techniques based on chemical composition studies. Hundreds of analyses prove that fission-tràck dating is a complementary technique which turns out to be very useful, specially when the chemical ' composition does not fully discriminate different sources. Archaeologically significant results were obtained applying the fission-track analysis in various regions of earth.
1999
The Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry category includes resources concerned with elements other than carbon and with the preparation, properties, and reactions of their compounds. Certain simple carbon compounds are treated in inorganic chemistry, including the oxides, carbon disulfide, the halides, hydrogen cyanide, and salts, such as the cyanides, cyanates, carbonates and hydrogencarbonates. Resources dealing with coordination chemistry and organo-metallic compounds (those containing a carbon-metal bond) are also included in this field. Resources dealing with nuclear chemistry, including fission and fusion reactions and their products are placed here. Radiochemistry is also covered in this category and includes such topics as the preparation of radioactive compounds, the separation of isotopes by chemical reactions, the use of radioactive labels in studies of mechanisms, and experiments on the chemical reactions and compounds of transuranic elements.
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Tematica Ex SIR: Sviluppo di nuovi metodi di analisi per attivazione neutronica e di nuove metodologie radiochimiche per la determinazione di elementi in tracce in campo archeologico, geochimico/petrologico, industriale, ambientale e tossicologico/forense. (Classif. Ex SIR:Articoli su riviste ISI )
Fission-track dating, archaeometry, obsidian artefacts, provenance studies.
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BELLOT GOURLET, L.; Bigazzi, G.; Dorighel, O.; Oddone, Massimo; Poupeau, G.; Yegingil, Z.
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