A combined visual-geochemical approach to establishing provenance for pegmatite quartz artifacts

Bruggencate, Rachel E. ten; Fayek, Mostafa; Brownlee, Kevin; Milne, Stephen; Hamilton, Scott

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2013.02.008

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“…Visual categorization and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) quantification of trace element concentrations and Pb isotopic ratios were successfully applied to differentiate between seven quarries in the Granville Lake and Lac La Ronge areas of the Churchill River basin, and to provisionally assign provenance to one artefact, and exclude known quarries as the source for three others (ten Bruggencate et al . ). Characteristic chemical parameters vary between quartz colour categories.…”

Section: Characterizing Pegmatite Quartzmentioning

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“…Previous research has demonstrated that pegmatite quartz sources can be characterized through a protocol including macroscopic visual categorization followed by quantification of Ti and Ge concentrations and Th/U ratios, 208 Pb/ 204 Pb and 207 Pb/ 206 Pb values (ten Bruggencate ; ten Bruggencate et al . ). Visual analysis, with the aid of Munsell colour chips, is used to separate quarry material into rose, smoky and white/clear colour categories.…”

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“…This study constitutes the first major application of a geochemical technique developed by ten Bruggencate et al . () for characterizing quartz from northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. It focuses on a pre‐contact (∼7700–250 bp ) lithic assemblage from the Churchill River basin of northern Manitoba (Fig.…”

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“…To this end, quartz artefacts were obtained from sites around Southern Indian Lake and Opachuanau Lake in northern Manitoba for comparison to previously characterized sources in the Granville Lake quarry district (Fig. ) (ten Bruggencate ; ten Bruggencate et al . ).…”

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“…) (ten Bruggencate ; ten Bruggencate et al . ). Provenance data from these artefacts will allow basic reconstruction of characterized sources' contribution to lithic industries and the scale of human territorial ranges in the study area.…”

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Characterizing Quartz Artefacts: A Case Study from Manitoba's Northern Boreal Forest

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Visual and geochemical analyses of 30 pre-contact quartz tools from the Churchill River basin of northern Manitoba were used to provisionally assess source provenance based on comparison to local quartz quarry data. The results indicate that tools made from quartz acquired from these quarries were transported and eventually deposited into archaeological sites up to 200 km away. Transport of this quartz, which is of relatively moderate quality, over such distances suggests that stone tool-using hunter-gatherer populations that lived in the Churchill River basin of northern Manitoba were highly mobile. It also indicates that higherquality raw materials were unavailable in the immediate area.

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Petrographic and SEM‐EDX characterization of Mousterian white/beige chert tools from the Navalmaíllo rock shelter (Madrid, Spain)

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Studying lithic raw material sourcing, processing and distribution is helpful when trying to reconstruct the territory, ecology, and cultural practices of Neanderthal groups. The use of multiple methods in such analyses allows for more refined characterizations to be made, helping to distinguish between materials better than any single method. Although 85% of the raw materials making up the Mousterian assemblage at the Navalmaíllo Rock Shelter (Pinilla del Valle, Madrid Region of Spain) correspond to the available local geological resources, 10% is made of white/beige chert, which is not registered in regional geological cartography. Petrographic and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analyses were performed to determine the origin of this white/beige chert and thus shed light on the procurement strategies of the Neanderthal groups that occupied the rock shelter. The results show this chert to correspond to three different types of rock: quartz-kaolinite rocks from dykes, cretaceous marine cherts, and quartz fillings of cavities/fractures. These findings are in accordance with the geological features and formations present in the Lozoya valley, as recorded during a geoarchaeological survey, and indicate that the Neanderthals occupying the center of the Iberian Peninsula possessed a detailed knowledge of the landscape that allowed them to exploit its resources during MIS5a-early MIS4.

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Tracking ancient people movements in the Southern Pampean Hills of Argentina by XRF, XRD and SEM on quartz lithic technology: a preliminary report

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A combined visual-geochemical approach to establishing provenance for pegmatite quartz artifacts

Cited by 16 publications

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Characterizing Quartz Artefacts: A Case Study from Manitoba's Northern Boreal Forest

Characterizing Quartz Artefacts: A Case Study from Manitoba's Northern Boreal Forest

Petrographic and SEM‐EDX characterization of Mousterian white/beige chert tools from the Navalmaíllo rock shelter (Madrid, Spain)

Tracking ancient people movements in the Southern Pampean Hills of Argentina by XRF, XRD and SEM on quartz lithic technology: a preliminary report

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