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Neutron activation analysis was used for provenance studies of ceramics from the early middle ages (avar period). 14 trace elements and Fe were determined by multiisotope comparator method. Computerized mathematical statistical methods (cluster-, and similarity analysis) were used for grouping the samples according to the similarity of their trace element distributions.
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Balla, M., Keömley, G. & Rosner, G. Neutron activation analysis for provenance studies of archaeological ceramics. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Articles 141, 7–16 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02060180
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