Gallello, Gianni, Ramacciotti, Mirco, Lezzerini, Marco et al. (5 more authors) (2017) Indirect chronology method employing rare earth elements to identify Sagunto Castle mortar construction periods. Microchemical Journal. pp. 251-256. ISSN 0026-265X
Abstract
A novel indirect chronology method has been developed to identify Sagunto Castle construction periods. The method is based on the use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) to determine rare earth elements (REE) and other trace elements in mortars. Additionally, a no destructive geochemical analysis based on X-ray fluorescence (XRF) was employed for major elements determination. Collected chemical data were processed through Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to highlight any differences among the mortars belonging to different buildings and construction periods. The results show that PCA analysis permits to discriminate construction periods according to mortar sample REE contents. Major elements and trace elements show just coarse differences related to the mortar composition. The proposed method permitted to clarify important issues about wall stratigraphy and its effectiveness on a novel indirect chronology developed method.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Elsevier B.V. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Mortar:,Rare earth elements (REE):,ICP-MS:,Multivariate statistics:,Indirect chronology:,Sagunto |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Archaeology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2017 10:00 |
Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2025 00:13 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2017.02.009 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.microc.2017.02.009 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112483 |