MURR Archaeometry Laboratory Database

The INAH Salvage Archaeology Excavations at Azcapotzalco, Mexico

Ancient Mesoamerica 1(2): 22–232

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

M.A. thesis, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Mississippi

A Compositional Perspective on Ceramic Production in the Aztec Empire

In Chemical Characterization of Ceramic Pastes in Archaeology, H. Neff (ed.). Monographs in World Archaeology, No. 7. Prehistory Press: Madison

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

In Chemical Characterization of Ceramic Pastes in Archaeology, H. Neff (ed.). Monographs in World Archaeology, No. 7. Prehistory Press: Madison

An Evaluation of the Production and Exchange of Tanque Verde Red-on-Brown Ceramics from Southern Arizona

In Chemical Characterization of Ceramic Pastes in Archaeology, H. Neff (ed.). Monographs in World Archaeology, No. 7. Prehistory Press: Madison

The Use of Blue-Gray Chert in Midwestern Prehistory

Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 17(2): 166–197

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

American Antiquity 58(4): 698–710

A Preliminary Study on the Suitability of Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) for Identifying Hathaway Formation Chert from the Northern Champlain Valley of Vermont

Archaeology of Eastern North America 33: 105–126

Preliminary Characterization and Regional Comparison of the Dasht-i-Nawur Obsidian Source Near Ghazni, Afghanistan

Journal of Archaeological Science 39(7): 2320–2328

Analysis of an Obsidian Biface Reportedly Found in the Connecticut River Valley of Vermont

Archaeology of Eastern North America 35: 81–92.

Hornos y Producción de Cerámica Durante el Periodo Formativo en Batán Grande, Costa Norte del Peru

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

The Origin of Puuc Slate Ware: New Data from Sayil, Yucatan, Mexico

Ancient Mesoamerica 6: 119–134

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

American Antiquity 60(3): 515–530

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

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemisty 196(2): 215–222

Large-scale Patterns in the Chemical Composition of Mississippian Pottery

American Antiquity 61(3): 555–572

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

American Antiquity 61(2): 389–404

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

Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, New York University

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

Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of California–Los Angeles

Appendix 1. Results of Neutron Activation Analysis at MURR

In: Tel Anafa, II, Part 1, Hellenistic and Romany Pottery, Berlin, A.M., Slane, K.W., and Herbert, S.C. (eds.). Journal of Roman Archaeology Supplement X, Vol. II(i): 394–401

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

Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology 22(1): 43–68

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

Archaeometry 40(1): 23–44

Neutron Activation Analysis of Pottery

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

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

Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Boston University

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

BAR International Series 888. Archaeopress, Oxford.

Temper Mixture Models and Assessing Ceramic Complexity in the Emerging Tarascan State

Journal of Archaeological Science 39(10): 3195–3207.

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

Journal of Archaeological Science 36(9): 1955–1964

Chiconautla, Mexico: A Crossroads of Aztec Trade and Politics

Latin American Antiquity 20(3): 443–472

Elemental Analysis and Characterization of Ochre Sources from Southern Arizona

Journal of Archaeological Science 35(3): 752–762

In the Aftermath of Teotihuacan: Epiclassic Pottery Production and Distribution in the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico

Latin American Antiquity 18(2): 123–144

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

Latin American Antiquity 18(1): 59–84

Ceramic Production and Exchange in Late/Terminal Formative Period Oaxaca

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

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

American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Princeton, NJ.

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

Asian Perspectives 45(2): 240–282

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

Science 307(5712): 1068–1072

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

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

Journal of Archaeological Science 30(9): 1139–1159

Indígena Ware: Spain to Valley of Mexico

In: Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange, Glascock, M.D. (ed.). Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CN.

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

In: Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange, Glascock, M.D. (ed.). Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CN.

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

In: Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange, Glascock, M.D. (ed.). Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CN.

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

In: Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange, Glascock, M.D. (ed.). Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CN.

Long-Distance Obsidian Traffic in Northwestern Argentina

In: Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange, Glascock, M.D. (ed.). Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CN.

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

In: Geochemical Evidence for Long-Distance Exchange, Glascock, M.D. (ed.). Bergin and Garvey, Westport, CN.

Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Olmec Pottery

Report prepared by the MURR Archaeometry Laboratory

Quantitative Techniques for Analyzing Ceramic Compositional Data

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

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

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

Chaco and the Production and Exchange of Dogoszhi Style Pottery

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

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

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

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

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

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

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

Ceramic Production and Distribution in Two Classic Period Hohokam Communities

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

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

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

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

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

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

In: Ceramic Production and Circulation in the Greater Southwest: Source Determination by INAA and Complementary Mineralogical Investigations, Glowacki, D.M. and Neff, H. (eds.). UCLA Press

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

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 7(3):249–272

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

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 7(4):295–331

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

Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, SUNY–Buffalo.

A New Perspective on Late Holocene Social Interaction in Northwest Alaska: Results of a Preliminary Ceramic Sourcing Study

Journal of Archaeological Science 38(5): 943–955

Characterization of New England Chert Sources by Neutron Activation

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society 95: 477–478

Sentinel Butte: Neutron Activation Analysis of White River Group Chert from a Primary Source and Artifacts from a Clovis Cache in North Dakota, USA

Journal of Archaeological Science 38(5): 965–976

Geochemical Characterization of Tecovas and Alibates Source Samples

Plains Anthropologist 56(219): 121–141

Woodland Period Ceramic Provenance and the Exchange of Swift Creek Complicated Stamped Vessels in the Southeastern United States

Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 2598–2611.

Trace Element Studies of the Arkansas Novaculite

M.A. Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Arkansas

Experimental Evaluation of Sample-Extraction Methods and the Potential for Contamination in Ceramic Specimens

Archaeometry 55(5): 880–892.

Cerro Portezuelo: States and Hinterlands in the Pre-Hispanic Basin of Mexico

Ancient Mesoamerica 24(1): 47–71.

Interpolity Pottery Exchange in the Tuxtla Mountains, Southern Veracruz,, Mexico

Latin American Antiquity 24(3): 262–288.

Elemental Variation in Prehistoric Unionoida Shell: Implications for Ceramic Provenance

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports In Press.

Neutron Activation Analysis of 12,900-year-old Stone Artifacts Confirms 450–510+ km Clovis Tool-stone Acquisition at Paleo Crossing (33ME274), Northeast Ohio, U.S.A.

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports In Press.

Visual and Geochemical Analyses of Obsidian Source Use at San Felipe Aztatán, Mexico

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology 40: 266–279.

The Provenance of Export Porcelain Recovered from the Nan'ao One: A Shipwreck Located in the South China Sea.

Antiquity 90: 798–808.

Geochemical sourcing of fiber-tempered pottery and the organization of Late Archaic Stallings communities in the American Southeast.

Journal of Archaeological Science 99: 35–46.

Neutron activation analysis of Late 6th Century BCE pottery from the Pointe Lequin 1A and Massalia, with comparison to the Cala Sant Vicene and Emporion.

Archaeometry 60: 933–945.

Ceramics of the Indigenous Cultures of South America: Studies of Production and Exchange through Compositional Analysis.

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press.

Compositional characterization of Zisha clay from the Yixing area (Jiangsu, China) by neutron activation analysis.

Microchemical Journal 147: 1117–1122.

Aztec Black-on-Orange and Redware pottery production from the Middle Postclassic to Early Colonial period: Insight from instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) at Xaltocan, Mexico.

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 34: 102642.

Pottery conveyance in North Patagonia, Argentina: Implications for human mobility across the region.

Journal of Archaeological Science 114: 105081.

Small-Scale Household Ceramic Production: Neutron Activation Analysis of Plain and Decorated Ceramics from Pre-Aztec Xaltocan, Mexico

Ancient Mesoamerica 32(2), 316–334.

Ceramics of the Caribbean

Sayrosa, a Minor Obsidian Source in the Puna of Arequipa.

Ñawpa Pacha.

The Charaña Obsidian Source and Its Role in the Prehispanic Exchange Networks of the Titicaca Basin.

Ñawpa Pacha.

Fade to Black: The implications of Mount Maloney Black pottery from a Terminal Classic deposit, Cahal Pech, Belize, using a comparative multi-method compositional approach

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 35: 102666.