Towards an understanding of the carnelian bead trade from Western India to sub-Saharan Africa: the application of UV-LA-ICP-MS to carnelian from Gujarat, India, and West Africa

Autor:	Duncan Irving, Kym Jarvis, Timothy Insoll, Kuldeep Bhan, David A. Polya
Rok vydání:	2004
Předmět:	Archeology Sub saharan Objective data Ancient history engineering.material language.human_language West africa West african Geography Economy Carnelian La icp ms engineering language Gujarati
Zdroj:	Journal of Archaeological Science. 31:1161-1173
ISSN:	0305-4403
DOI:	10.1016/j.jas.2004.02.007
Popis:	A trade in carnelian from Gujarat, especially the town of Khambhat, and parts of sub-Saharan Africa is often discussed in the literature. To date, such assertions have been based upon putative visual parallels between African and Indian samples, and upon historical sources. This paper outlines the results of UV-LA-ICP-MS analysis and subsequent principal component analysis undertaken in an attempt to differentiate Gujarati and West African carnelian samples, and thus begins to allow inferences to be made regarding a possible trade in carnelian between these two regions primarily in the medieval period, based upon more objective data.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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