Published October 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

EDXRF analysis of Marajoara pubic covers

  • 1. Nuclear Instrumentation Laboratory, COPPE/UFRJ, P.O. Box 68509, 21941-972 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • 2. Physics Institute, UERJ, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • 3. Chemistry Institute, Unicamp, Campinas (Brazil)
  • 4. National Museum, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Description

This work evaluated the elemental composition of decorated pottery pubic covers (tangas) from the Marajoara culture of Marajo Island (at the mouth of the Amazon River, Brazil) using EDXRF technique. The XRF system used in this work consists in a Si(Li) detector from ORTEC, with resolution of 180 eV, at 5.9 keV, and a mini X-ray tube with Mo anode. The elements identified in the samples were: S, Cl, K, Ca, Ti, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ga, Rb, Sr, Y, Zr and Pb. Principal components analysis (PCA) was used to evaluated the provenance of the samples

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.099

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.099;
PII
S0168-583X(07)00886-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Journal Volume
263
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 245-248
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBEU

Conference

Title
6. topical meeting on industrial radiation and radioisotope measurement applications
Dates
20-24 Jun 2005
Place
Hamilton, ON (Canada)

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