史前石鉱山産物の特徴 史前石鉱山産物の特徴
G de G Sieveking1, P T Craddock, M J Hughes
1Department of Prehistoric Antiques, British Museum, London WC1.
Nature
|October 17, 1970
まとめ
火石の微量元素分析により,明確な化学的特徴が明らかになり,英国およびヨーロッパの主要な新石器時代の火石鉱山から製品を区別しています. この発見は,考古学的な遺品の調達に役立ちます.
科学分野:
- アーケオメトリー考古学
- 史前考古学 史前考古学 歴史以前の考古学
- 地質化学 地質化学
背景:
- 新石器時代の火石鉱山は,ヨーロッパ全土で工具製造の原材料の重要な源であった.
- 石器の起源を理解することは,貿易ネットワークと技術的な相互作用を再構築するための鍵です.
研究 の 目的:
- イギリスとヨーロッパの主要な新石器時代の鉱山から石を区別するための微量元素分析の可能性を調査する.
- 主要な新石器時代の火石の源泉の地化学的指紋を確立するために.
主な方法:
- 誘導結合プラズマ質量スペクトロメトリ (ICP-MS) を用いて精密な微量元素定量化を行った.
- 統計分析 (例えば,主成分分析) を使用して,鉱山源群の間の有意な差異を特定しました.
主要な成果:
- 微量元素の濃度の統計的に有意な変動は,イギリスとヨーロッパの新石器時代の石鉱山製品間で観察されました.
- 特定の元素の比率とパターンは,石の由来を区別するための基礎を提供した.
結論:
- トレースエレメント分析は,新石器時代の石の人工物を調達するための堅実な方法を提供します.
- 地化学的なデータは,英国と欧州の異なる石灰鉱山の伝統と交換システムを特定することを支援しています.
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