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ARCHAEOMETRY AT THE ARGENTINE NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION: CHARACTERIZATION OF ARGENTINE NORTHWESTERN POTTERY
Author(s) -
PLÁ R. R.,
RATTO N. R.
Publication year - 2007
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.1475-4754.2007.00311.x
Subject(s) - archaeological science , pottery , archaeology , characterization (materials science) , commission , neutron activation analysis , ceramic , geography , materials science , physics , metallurgy , political science , nanotechnology , nuclear physics , law
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.