ARCHAEOMETRY AT THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION: CHARACTERIZATION OF ARGENTINE NORTHWESTERN POTTERY

Authors: PLÁ, R. R.¹; RATTO, N. R.²

Source: Archaeometry, Volume 49, Number 2, May 2007 , pp. 413-420(8)

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Abstract:

This paper provides a description of the Nuclear Analytical Techniques Group of the Argentine National Atomic Energy Commission, at the Ezeiza Atomic Center. In 1963, this laboratory performed the first application of neutron activation analysis in Argentina and currently employs the technique to analyse a variety of matrices, including archaeological ceramics. The group has collaborated on different research projects since the 1980s, when the first characterization of archaeological ceramics was performed. A brief history of the laboratory and the results from the analysis of potsherds and raw materials from northwestern Argentina are presented below.

Keywords: INAA; Archaeological ceramics; Northwestern Argentina

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00311.x

Affiliations: 1: Técnicas Analíticas Nucleares, Centro Atómico Ezeiza, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina 2: Museo Etnográfico, Universidad de Buenos Aires y Escuela de Arqueología, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Argentina

Publication date: 2007-05-01