Ceramics of multiple styles from five archaeological sites on Antigua were analyzed at the University of Missouri Research Reactor Center to obtain a better understanding of ceramic compositional variability within Antigua. Bulk chemical characterizations of pottery were determined by neutron activation analysis. Findings suggest that all of the ceramics in our sample were made from locally available, naturally tempered clays, and that there is compositional continuity through time despite the different stylistic and locational attributes of the sherds.
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1 April 2009
Neutron Activation Analysis of Ceramics from Five Archaeological Sites in Antigua, West Indies
Christophe Descantes,
Robert J. Speakman,
Michael D. Glascock
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Antigua
Caribbean
ceramics
NAA
provenance studies