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Application of XRF and Correspondence Analysis to Provenance Studies of Coastal and Inland Archaeological Pottery from the Mngeni River Area, South Africa
Author(s) -
Punyadeera C.,
Pillay A. E.,
Jacobson L.,
Whitelaw G.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
x‐ray spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1097-4539
pISSN - 0049-8246
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4539(199709)26:5<249::aid-xrs188>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - pottery , provenance , archaeology , geography , correspondence analysis , geology , river valley , geochemistry , mathematics , statistics
XRF spectrometry was applied to provenance studies of Iron Age pottery specimens that originated from the Mngeni river area in South Africa. Ten transition metals (Sc to Zn) were determined in 107 potsherds, excavated from four different sites. The data were subjected to a computerized mathematical technique (correspondence analysis), which was used to group the samples according to the similarity of their elemental distributions. The groupings were interpreted in terms of social or cultural interaction between the sites. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.