Sterba, J. (2023). Neutron activation analysis of the pottery corpus of Hala Sultan Tekke and comparison to literature data. In T. Bürge & P. M. Fischer (Eds.), The decline of Bronze Age Civilisations in the Mediterranean: Cyprus and Beyond (pp. 261–268). Astrom Editions. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/192259
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Published in:
The decline of Bronze Age Civilisations in the Mediterranean: Cyprus and Beyond
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ISBN:
978-9925-7935-3-2
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Volume:
CLIV
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Date (published):
2023
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Event name:
The Decline of Bronze Age Civilisations in the Mediterranean: Cyprus and Beyond
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Event date:
17-Jan-2020 - 18-Jan-2020
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Event place:
Göteborg, Sweden
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Number of Pages:
8
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Publisher:
Astrom Editions, Nicosia
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Peer reviewed:
Yes
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Keywords:
NAA; Ceramics
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Abstract:
A total of 334 ceramic samples from Hala Sultan Tekke were analyzed by Neutron Activation Analysis (NAA) at the TRIGA Center Atominstitut in Vienna for their chemical fingerprint. Applying multivariate statistical methods, including the best relative fit factor as developed in Bonn in the 1980, the samples were iteratively grouped according to their bulk chemical composition. This grouping led to 18 groups of varying size (from 2 to over 30 samples) that mostly correlate with the archaeological grouping.
Comparison to literature was done by applying an interlaboratory calibration factor to the measured dataset. Several local and distant chemical fingerprints already published could be found in the dataset, including samples from the Mykene Berbati and the Tiryns Asine groups as established by Mommsen.
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Research facilities:
TRIGA Mark II-Nuklearreaktor
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Project title:
Archaeometric analysis of ancient ceramics by Neutron Activation and Statistical Analysis: LIS (Universität von Kyoto; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Münc; Universität Innsbruck; Ben-Gurion-Universität des Negev; Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften; Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften; Tel Aviv University; Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II; Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen; Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften; National Archaeological Institute with Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, Polish Academy of Sciences)
