Does XRF pick up radiation, i.e. Carlsbad region?
Chris Hardaker
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From: Boyer, Jeffrey, DCA [log in to unmask]
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:10:25 +0000
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Subject: Re: XRF in Soil Analysis
Ian,
Most (all?) XRF analyses in New Mexico have been of ceramics, confirming
what you've found so far. But since you can't have too many references for
your thesis, I've included a list of examples so you can make that point to
your committee.
Olinger, Bart
1987 Pottery Studies Using X-Ray Florescence [sic], Part 1, An
Introduction, Nambe Pueblo as an Example. Pottery Southwest 14(1):1-2.
1987 Pottery Studies Using X-Ray Fluorescence, Part 2, Evidence for
Prehistoric Reoccupation of the Pajarito Plateau. Pottery Southwest
14(2):2-5.
1988 Pottery Studies Using X-Ray Fluorenscence, Part 3: The Historic
Pottery of the Northern Tewa. Pottery Southwest 15(4):1-6.
Woosley, Anne I., and Bart Olinger
1990 Ethnicity and the Production of Micaceous Ware in the Taos Valley. In
Clues to the Past: Papers in Honor of William M. Sundt, edited by M. S.
Duran and D. T. Kirkpatrick, pp. 351-373. The Archaeological Society of New
Mexico, No. 16. Albuquerque.
Bower, N. W., and D. H. Snow
1984 A Comparative Study of Early Historic "Tewa" Pottery. In Rio Grande
Rift: Northern New Mexico, pp. 291-295. New Mexico Geological Society
Conference Guidebook, 35th Field Conference. Socorro.
See also:
Omoniyi, Isinkaye M., Shitta M. B. Ouldare, and Oderinde M. Oluwaseyi
2103 Determination of Radionuclides and Elemental Composition of Clay
Soils by Gamma- and X-Ray Spectrometry. SpringerPlus 2:74.
http://www.springerplus.com/content/2/1/74
Nodarou, E., C. Frederick, and A. Hein
2008 Another (Mud)Brick in the Wall: Scientific Analysis of Bronze Age
Earthen Construction Materials from East Crete. Journal of Archaeological
Science 35:2997-3015.
Padilla, R., P. Van Espen, and P. P. Godo Torres
2006 The Suitability of XRF Analysis for Compositional Classification of
Archaeological Ceramic Fabric: A Comparison with a Previous NAA Study.
Analytica Chimica Acta 558:283-289.
Love, Serena
2012 The Geoarchaeology of Mudbricks in Architecture: A Methodological
Study from Catalhoyuk, Turkey. Geoarchaeology: An International Journal
27:140-156. (not XRF but soil analysis)
Walsam, William, Bobby Deaton, and Michael Adler
2007 Analysis of Adobe Wall Composition at the Chavez-Hummingbird Site,
New Mexico, by Diffuse Reflectance Spectrometry. Geoarchaeology: An
International Journal 22(8):825-844. (also not XRF but includes soils and
sediments around the site)
Jeff
Jeffrey L. Boyer, RPA
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Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Ian Springer
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Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:28 PM
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Subject: XRF in Soil Analysis
I am working on geochemical analysis of soils as part of my MA thesis at
the University of Nevada, Reno, and I’m trying to find information on what
has been done using XRF on soils, specifically in historical archaeology in
the United States. I’ve searched as many relevant journals as I can find,
but all of the published articles using XRF in the U.S. focus on artifacts,
such as ceramics or spent rifle shells. I have found examples of the use of
XRF on soils in Europe, but if it has been used in the U.S., it appears
that nothing has been published in the literature that I have access to.
Has anyone written about this as part of a CRM report, or perhaps a
regional journal?
Here is a listing of what I have found so far:
Duran, A., et al.
2011 Analytical Study of Roman and Arabic Wall Paintings in the Patio De
Banderas of Reales Alcazares' Palace Using Non-Destructive XRD/XRF and
Complementary Techniques. Journal of Archaeological Science 38:2366-2377.
Gilbert, Allan S., Garman Harbottle, and Daniel deNoyelles
1993 A Ceramic Chemistry Archive for New Netherland/New York. Historical
Archaeology 27(3):17-56.
Hein, Don, Gary Hill, and Ross H. Ramsay
2004 Raw or Pre-Fired: Kiln Construction at Sawankhalok, North Central
Thailand, as a Guide to Ceramic History. International Journal of
Historical Archaeology 8(4):247-266.
Milek, Karen B., and Howell M. Roberts
2013 Integrated Geoarchaeological Methods for the Determination of Site
Activity Areas: A Study of a Viking Age House in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Journal of Archaeological Science 40(4):1845-1865.
Neff, Hector, Barbara Voorhies, and Federico Paredes Umana
2012 Handheld XRF for Art and Archaeology. Volume 3. Leuven: Leuven
University Press.
Owen, J. V., and Denise Hansen
1996 Compositional Constraints on the Identification of Eighteenth-Century
Porcelain Sherds from Fort Beausejour, New Brunswick, and Grassy Island,
Nova Scotia, Canada. Historical Archaeology 30(4):88-100.
Pearl, Frederic B., and Sandy Loiseau-Vonruff
2007 Father Julian Vidal and the Social transformation of a Small
Polynesian Village (1787-1930): Historical Archaeology at Massacre Bay,
American Samoa. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 11(1):32-59.
Shackel, Paul A., and Michael Roller
2012 The Gilded Age Wasn't So Gilded in the Anthracite Region of
Pennsylvania. International Journal of Historical Archaeology 16(4):761-775.
Thomas, William J., et al.
1992 An X-Ray Fluorescence-Pattern Recognition Analysis of Pottery from an
Early Historic Hispanic Settlement near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Historical
Archaeology 26(2):24-36.
Any further suggestions would be appreciated,
Ian Springer
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