pXRF: a study of inter-instrument performance

Goodale, Nathan; Bailey, David G.; Jones, George T.; Prescott, Catherine; Scholz, E.; Stagliano, Nick; Lewis, Chelsea

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2011.10.014

Cited by 101 publications

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“…Inter-instrument performance of pXRF equipment has proved that between different instruments statistically identical results are not produced (Goodale et al 2012). Numerous highlighted limitations in the archaeological application of pXRF are recognised such as low precision, variable analytical accuracy, lack of instrument calibration and data correction, ignorance of surface morphology effects and difficulties with quantification due to a lack of appropriate standards (Goodale et al 2012;Frahm 2013).…”

Section: Archaeological Dung Research Referencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preliminary ethnoarchaeological research on modern animal husbandry in Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan: Integrating animal, plant and environmental data

Elliott

Bendrey

Whitlam

et al. 2014

Environmental Archaeology

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This paper presents preliminary results from an ethnoarchaeological study of animal husbandry in the modern village of Bestansur, situated in the lower Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan. This research explores how modern families use and manage their livestock within the local landscape and identifies traces of this use. The aim is to provide the groundwork for future archaeological investigations focusing on the nearby Neolithic site of Bestansur. This is based on the premise that modern behaviours can suggest testable patterns for past practices within the same functional and ecological domains. Semistructured interviews conducted with villagers from several households provided large amounts of information on modern behaviours that helped direct data collection, and which also illustrate notable shifts in practices and use of the local landscape over time. Strontium isotope analysis of modern plant material demonstrates that a measurable variation exists between the alluvial floodplain and the lower foothills, while analysis of modern dung samples shows clear variation between sheep/goat and cow dung, in terms of numbers of faecal spherulites. These results are specific to the local environment of Bestansur and can be used for evaluating and contextualising archaeological evidence as well as providing modern reference material for comparative purposes.

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Section: Archaeological Dung Research Referencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Preliminary ethnoarchaeological research on modern animal husbandry in Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan: Integrating animal, plant and environmental data

Elliott

Bendrey

Whitlam

et al. 2014

Environmental Archaeology

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“…There are numerous highlighted limitations, such as low precision, variable analytical accuracy, lack of instrument calibration and data correction. Also ignorance of the effects of surface morphology and difficulties with quantification due to a lack of appropriate standards can all negatively impact results ( Goodale et al 2012;Frahm 2013). When compared with laboratory-based XRF, the results have been found to be comparable for some elements (e.g.…”

Section: Portable X-ray Fluorescence (Pxrf)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Ethno-geochemical and Phytolith Studies of Activity Related Patterns: A Case Study from Al Ma’tan, Jordan

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Allcock

Elliott³

et al. 2017

Environmental Archaeology

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Understanding Neolithic sites in southwest Asia is often difficult because of the lack of preservation of organic remains and the effects of various taphonomic processes that alter the original record. Here, we use an ethnographic approach to test the potential of using plant phytoliths and geochemistry to aid our interpretation of southwest Asian Neolithic sites. Our study of a recently abandoned stone and mud constructed village in Jordan, shows that for certain activity types, phytoliths and geochemistry can help distinguish different construction methods and functions, particularly for burnt areas, animal use areas and where there has been the addition of a specific construction material. For features constructed from the same source materials distinctions are more problematic. Geochemical and phytolith proxies were individually effective in distinguishing activity areas and construction materials, but signals were diminished when the statistical analysis was run on both forms of evidence combined. It is therefore recommended that the data from plant phytolith and geochemical analyses are subject to separate statistical tests and that the two sets of results are used in combination to interpret archaeological sites and their uses. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Hay debate en la literatura arqueológica sobre la confiabilidad de la pistola portátil de FRX (Shackley 2011;Goodale et al 2012;Speakman y Shackley 2013;Johnson 2014;Hunt y Speakman 2015).…”

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