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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM AND OF TL‐PRODUCING MINERALS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS
Author(s) -
MALIK S. R.,
DURRANI S. A.,
FREMLIN J. H.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1973.tb00095.x
Subject(s) - pottery , uranium , thermoluminescence , archaeology , mineralogy , sample (material) , geology , uranium ore , materials science , metallurgy , chemistry , geography , luminescence , optoelectronics , chromatography
A technique is described by which the spatial distribution of uranium as well as of thermoluminescent minerals can be examined in the same archaeological sample. The uranium distribution is replicated on an aluminized plastic film with the help of a ‘spark counter’following reactor‐irradiation of the sample, while the TL pattern is photographed directly from a γ‐irradiated sample. Implications for dating from such a comparative examination are discussed for certain pottery and flint samples.