THE NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS OF ANCIENT POTSHERDS THROUGH NEUTRON ACTIVATION

Edward V. Sayre · Alexander Murrenhoff · C. F. Weick

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The feasibility and the deslrability of the nondestructive analysis of valuable archeological objects through neutron activation were investigated. Some pottery objects were completely irradiated in the Brookhaven Reactor, and some were exposed in part with the main bulk covered by a protecting Cd shield. In both cases the induced gamma-ray activity was compared to that produced in small samples of the corresponding specimens. It was possible to identify the presence of eleven elements in the potsherds by neutron activation analysis. It was demonstrated that the data obtained might indicate provenance and reveal routes of anciert commerce. (W.L.H.)

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