A combined visual-geochemical approach to establishing provenance for pegmatite quartz artifacts

Autor:	Mostafa Fayek, Kevin Brownlee, S. Brooke Milne, R.E. ten Bruggencate, Scott Hamilton
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Secondary ion mass spectrometry Archeology Provenance geography geography.geographical_feature_category Trace element Drainage basin Mineralogy Small sample Quartz Pegmatite Geology Archaeological science
Zdroj:	Journal of Archaeological Science. 40:2702-2712
ISSN:	0305-4403
DOI:	10.1016/j.jas.2013.02.008
Popis:	A technique for establishing source provenance for pegmatite quartz artifacts was developed using a quarry sample from the Churchill River basin of northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) was used to quantify Ti, Ge, Th, and U trace element concentrations and Pb isotope ratios, coupled with qualitative visual characteristics to distinguish between pegmatite quartz from different archaeologically exploited sources in the Churchill River basin region. The technique was also applied to a small sample of quartz artifacts recovered from sites in and around the study area in a preliminary attempt to assign or rule out raw material provenance to characterized sources.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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