Neutron Activation Analysis and Mössbauer Correlations of Archaeological Pottery from Amazon Basin for Classification Studies

Autor: A. V. B. Bellido, R. M. Latini, I. Nícoli, R. B. Scorzelli, P. M. Solorzano, Vito R. Vanin
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
DOI: 10.1063/1.3608974
Popis: The aim of the present work was to investigate the correlation between data obtained by means of two analytical methods, instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) and Mossbauer Spectroscopy of pottery samples combined with multivariate statistical analysis in order to optimize quantitative analysis in the classification studies. Ceramics recently discovered in archaeological earth circular structures sites in Acre state Brazil. 199 samples were analyzed by INAA, allowing simultaneous determination of twenty elements chemical concentrations, and 44 samples by using Mossbauer Spectroscopy, allowing the determination of fourteen hyperfine parameters. For the correlation study, data were treated by two multivariate statistical methods: cluster analysis for the classification and the principal component analysis for the data correlations. INAA data show that some of REE (rare earth elements) were the discriminating variables for this technique. Mossbauer parameters that exhibit the same behavior are bein...
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