Academic Journal
Accessory minerals: a provenancing tool for steatite quarries
| Title: | Accessory minerals: a provenancing tool for steatite quarries |
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| Authors: | Chmielowski, Riia, Badreshany, Kamal, Milek, Karen |
| Source: | Archaeometry. 67(5):1212-1229 |
| Subject Terms: | accessory minerals, Fe oxide, LA-ICP-MS, provenance, Scandinavia, spinel, steatite, trace-element maps, Viking Age |
| Description: | Steatite has been a widely traded material across a range of archaeological contexts. Yet, challenges inherent to determining its provenance limits our understanding of the networks and mechanisms of its exchange. We present a robust new accessory mineral provenancing “fingerprint” method based their specific growth history. We use Laser-Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to produce detailed trace-element maps of minerals that reveals changes in the composition across individual crystals, that arose due to changes in their location-specific growing conditions. Our case study presents results from Scandinavian steatite quarries that feature spinel and iron oxide accessory minerals. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-230799 https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.13087 |
| Database: | SwePub |
| ISSN: | 0003813X 14754754 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/arcm.13087 |