MURR Archaeometry Laboratory
Database

Although it is impossible to maintain a complete online database of all neutron activation analyses conducted at MURR, we believe that once an article is published reporting the results of a study, these data belong in the public domain. All of the NAA data available here are compatible with other MURR-generated data. They are not necessarily compatible with data from other labs or by other analytical techniques. Use of these data in published research should be appropriately cited, and acknowledge the Archaeometry Laboratory at MURR and our support from the National Science Foundation. We also request notification of any derivative publications.

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Available Datasets

Ancient Social Landscapes of Northwestern Argentina: Preliminary Results of an Integrated Approach to Obsidian and Ceramic Provenance

M. Lazzari, et al. (pending) Submitted to Journal of Archaeological Science.

Elemental Analysis and Characterization of Ochre Sources from Southern Arizona

R.S. Popelka-Filcoff, E.J. Miksa, J.D. Robertson, M.D. Glascock, and H. Wallace (2008). Journal of Archaeological Science 35(3): 752–762.

Regional and Regional-scale Compositional Variability in Pottery from South-central Veracruz, Mexico

B. L. Stark, R. J. Speakman, and M. D. Glascock (2007). Latin American Antiquity 18(1): 59–84.

Ceramic Production and Exchange in Late/Terminal Formative Period Oaxaca

A. Joyce, H. Neff, M. S. Thieme, M. Winter, J. M. Elam, and A. Workinger (2006) Latin American Antiquity, 17(4): 579–594.

Compositional and Stylistic Analysis of Aztec Era Ceramics: Provincial Strategies at the Edge of Empire, South Central Veracruz, Mexico

T. Skoglund, B. L. Stark, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock. (2006) Latin American Antiquity 17(4): 541–560.

The Athenian Agora: Results of Excavations Conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Vol. XXXIII: Hellenistic Pottery, The Plain Wares

S. I. Rotroff (2006) American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, NJ.

Characterizing the Stoneware “Dragon Jars” in the Guthe Collection Chemical, Decorative and Formal Patterning

C. M. Sinopoli, S. Dueppen, R. Brubaker, C. H. Descantes, M. D. Glascock, W. Griffin, H. Neff, R. Shoocongdej,and R. J. Speakman (2006) Asian Perspectives 45(2): 240–282

Olmec Pottery Production and Export in Ancient Mexico Determined Through Elemental Analysis

J. P. Blomster, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock (2005) Science 307(5712): 1068–1072.

Shaping Quotidian Worlds: Ceramic Production and Consumption in Banda, Ghana c. 1780–1994

M. Das Dores Girao da Cruz (2003). Ph.D. Dissertation, Submitted to the Department of Anthropology, SUNY–Binghamton.

Silica from Sources to Site: Ultraviolet Fluorescence and Trace Elements Identify Cherts from Lost Dune, Southeastern Oregon, USA

W. H. Lyons, M. D. Glascock and P. J. Mehringer, Jr. (2003) Journal of Archaeological Science 30(9): 1139–1159.

Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange

Edited by M. D. Glascock (2002). Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CN.

Indígena Ware: Spain to Valley of Mexico

E. Rodriquez-Alegria

The Emergence of Market Economies in the Ancient Maya World: Obsidian Exchange in Terminal Classic Yucatan, Mexico

G. E. Braswell and M. D. Glascock

More than Exchange: Pre-ceramic through Ceramic Period Obsidian Studies in the Greater North American Southwest

S.Shackley (Visit author's website)

Exploring the Landscapes of Long-Distance Exchange: Evidence from Obsidian Cliffs and Devil's Tower, Wyoming

B. L. Molyneaux

From Loess Plains to High Plains: The Westward Movement of Upper Republican Pots

A. M. Cobry and D. C. Roper

Long-Distance Obsidian Traffic in Northwestern Argentina

Hugo D. Yacobaccio, Patricia S. Escola, Marisa Lazzari, and Fernando X.Pereyra

A Geochemical Vector for Trade: Cyprus, Asia Minor, and the Roman East

D. A. Parks and H. Neff

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Olmec Pottery

H. Neff and M. D. Glascock (2002). Unpublished report.

Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations

Edited by D. M. Glowacki and H. Neff (2001). UCLA Press.

Quantitative Techniques for Analyzing Ceramic Compositional Data

H. Neff

Black Mountain Phase Ceramics and Their Implications for Manufacture and Exchange Patterns

D. Creel, M. Williams, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock

Chaco and the Production and Exchange of Dogoszhi Style Pottery

J. E. Neitzel, H. Neff, M. D. Glascock, and R. L. Bishop

Resource Use, Red Ware Production , and Vessel Distribution in the Northern San Juan Region

D. M. Glowacki, H. Neff, M. Hegmon, J. W. Kendrick, and W. J. Judge

Artifact Design, Composition, and Context: Updating the Analysis of Ceramic Circulation at Point of Pines, Arizona

M. N. Zedeño

From Compositional to Anthropological: 14th Century Red Ware Circulation and its Implications for Pueblo Reorganization

D. Triadan, B. J. Mills, and A. I. Duff

Ceramic Production and Distribution in Two Classic Period Hohokam Communities

K. G. Harry, P. R. Fish, and S. K. Fish

Protohistoric Ceramics from the Texas Southern Plains: Documenting Plains-Pueblo Interactions

D. K. Boyd, K. Reese-Taylor, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock

Patayan Ceramic Variability: Using Trace Element and Petrographic Analysis to Study Brown and Buff Wares in Southern California

J. A. Hildebrand, G. T. Gross, J. Schaefer, and H. Neff

Typologies and Classification of Great Basin Pottery: A New Look at Death Valley Brownwares

J. W. Eerkens, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock

A Petrographic Approach to Sand-tempered Pottery Provenance Studies: Examples from Two Hohokam Local Systems

J. M. Heidke, E. J. Miksa, and H. D. Wallace (Data available through the authors at: Desert Archaeology, Inc., 3975 N. Tucson Blvd., Tucson, Arizona 85716)

Clays of Contention: An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Factionalism and Clay Composition

M. A. Neupert (2000) Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 7(3):249–272.

Ceramic Technology and Social Boundaries: Cultural Practices in Kalinga Clay Selection and Use

M. T.Stark, R. L. Bishop, and E. Miksa, (2000) Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 7(4):295–331. (Only data generated at MURR are available)

An Integrative Study of Ceramic Exchange During the Illinois Valley Middle Woodland Period

S. M. Fie (2000) Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, Submitted to the Department of Anthropology, SUNY–Buffalo.

The Foreign Relations of the "Hyksos": A Neutron Activation Study of Middle Bronze Age Pottery from the Eastern Mediterranean

P. E. McGovern (2000). BAR International Series 888. Archaeopress, Oxford.

The Potter's Craft: A Study of Formative Maya Ceramic Technology at K'axob, Belize

M.L. Angelini (1998). Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Boston University.

Neutron Activation Analysis of Pottery

L. Bedal (1998). In M.S. Joukowsky (ed.), Petra Great Temple Volume I: Brown University Excavations 1993-1997.p. 346-367.

Steatite Source Characterization in Eastern North America: New Results Using Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis

J. Truncer, M. D. Glascock, and H. Neff (1998). Archaeometry 40:23–44.

Neutron-Activation Analysis of Pottery from Pinson Mounds and Nearby Sites in Western Tennessee: Local Production vs. Long-Distance Importation

R. C. Mainfort, J. W. Cogswell, M. J. O'Brien, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock(1997). Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 22:43–68.

Tel Anafa, II, Part I,Hellenistic and Roman Pottery

A. M. Berlin and K. Warner Slane, S. C. Herbert eds. (1997) Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplement X, Vol II(i),394–401

Appendix 1. Results of Neutron Activation Analysis at MURR

K. W. Slane, J. M. Elam, M. D. Glascock, and H. Neff

The Adaptive Origins of Prehispanic Markets in Central Mexico: The Role of Maize-Grinding Tools and Related Staple Products in Early State Economies.

M. Biskowski (1997). Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California–Los Angeles.

Environment, Lithic Economy, and Mobility during Aurignacian Occupation of the Lower Vézère Valley in France

B. Blades (1997). Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, New York University

An Assessment of the Acid-Extraction Approach to Compositional Characterization of Archaeological Ceramics

H. Neff, M. D. Glascock, R. L. Bishop, and M. J. Blackman (1996). American Antiquity 61(2):389–404.

Large-Scale Patterns in the Chemical Composition of Mississippian Pottery

V. P. Steponaitis, M. J. Blackman, and H. Neff (1996). American Antiquity 61(3):555–572.

Characterization of Mesa Verde Black-on-White Ceramics from Southwestern Colorado using NAA

D. M. Glowacki, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock. (1995) Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 196(2):215–222.

Clay Acquisition and Vessel Distribution Patterns: Neutron Activation Analysis of Late Windsor and Shantok Tradition Ceramics from Southern New England

J. M. Lizee, H. Neff, and M. D. Glascock. (1995) American Antiquity 60(3):515–530.

The Origin of Puuc Slate Ware

M.P. Smyth, C.D. Dore, H. Neff, and M.D. Glascock (1995). Ancient Mesoamerica 6: 119–134.

Hornos y producción de cerámica durante el periodo Formativo en Batán Grande, Costa norte del Peru

I. Shimada, V. Chang, C.G. Elera, H. Neff, M.D. Glascock, U. Wagner, & R. Gephard (1994). In La Technología y la Organización de Producción de las Ceramicas en los Andes Prehispánicos, Shimada, I. (ed.). Fondo Editorial, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru: Lima, pp. 67-119.

Source Determination of White River Group Silicates from Two Archaeological Sites in the Great Plains

R.J. Hoard, J.R. Bozell, S.R. Holen, M.D. Glascock, H. Neff, and J.M. Elam (1993). American Antiquity 58(4): 698–710.

Includes data from:

Neutron Activation Analysis of Stone from the Chadron Formation and a Clovis Site on the Great Plains

R. J. Hoard, S. R. Holen, M. D. Glascock, H. Neff, and J. M. Elam (1993). Journal of Archaeological Science 19(6):655–665.

The Use of Blue-Grey Chert in Midwestern Prehistory

C. A. Morrow, J. M. Elam, and M. D. Glascock (1992) Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 17(2): 166–197.

Chemical Characterization of Ceramic Pastes in Archaeology

Edited by H. Neff (1992) Monographs in World Archaeology, No. 7. Prehistory Press: Madison

Ceramic Source Determination by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis in the American Southwest

P. R. Fish, S. K. Fish, S. Whittlesey, H. Neff, M. D. Glascock, and J. M. Elam

Neutron Activation Analysis of Late Woodland Ceramics from the Lake Superior Basin

C. P. Clark, H. Neff, and M.D. Glascock

A Compositional Perspective on Ceramic Production in the Aztec Empire

M. G. Hodge, H. Neff, M. J. Blackman, L. D. Minc

Artifact Design, Composition, and Context: Updating the Analysis of Ceramic Circulation at Point of Pines, Arizona

M. N. Zedeño

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Knife River Flint from the Primary Source Area: Phase I: Elemental Description and Statement of Variability

R. C. Christensen (1991) Unpublished M.A. Thesis, Submitted to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Mississippi

The INAH Salvage Archaeology Excavations at Azcapotzalco, Mexico

P. Garcia-Chavez, M.D. Glascock, J.M. Elam, and H.B. Iceland (1990). Ancient Mesoamerica 1(2): 225–232.

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Recent research reported by the Archaeometry Lab at MURR after June 2009 is based on support by the National Science Foundation under our current grant number 0802757. Earlier research was supported by several NSF grants, including the following numbers: 8801707, 9102016, 9503035, 9802366, 9977237, 0102325, 0405042, 0504015, and 0802757. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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