The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future

Deborah Olausson; Anders Högberg; Richard Hughes

The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future

Deborah Olausson, Anders Högberg, Richard Hughes

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The article summarizes the results of work since 2010 to develop non- destructive energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis (EDXRF) as a non-destructive method for determining the provenience of flint in northern Europe. Some 40 localities from Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine have been sampled and analyzed. Trace elements have not proven particularly effective in drawing distinctions between and among flint and chert because they often occur below, or near, detection limits. However CaO and Fe compositions usually generated the highest count rates and total counts using EDXRF and their concentrations allowed satisfactory partitioning of some of the flints we analyzed. EDXRF can help us to discriminate among various outcrops of flint used for tool production during prehistory. Future work involves investigating correlations between flint chemistry and visual appearance, as well as investigating source-critical aspects of post-depositional effects on tool surfaces.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory
Subtitle of host publication	Sourcing, Processing and Distribution
Editors	Telmo Pereira, Xavier Terradas, Nuno Ferreira Bicho
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Chapter	8
Pages	98-112
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4438-9597-2
Publication status	Published - 2017 Sept 1
Event	Raw Materials Exploitation in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution - University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal Duration: 2016 Mar 10 → 2016 Mar 12 http://www.rawmaterials2016.com/

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Conference	Raw Materials Exploitation in Prehistory
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Faro
Period	2016/03/10 → 2016/03/12
Internet address	http://www.rawmaterials2016.com/

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Siliceous Raw Material Exploitation at Hort de la Boquera Site (Margalef de Monsant, Tarragona, España): First Results from La-Icp-Ms Analysis
Rey-Solé, M., Scherstén, A., Naeraa, T., Olausson, D. & Mangado, X., 2017 Sept 1, The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution. Pereira, T., Terradas, X. & Bicho, N. (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 234-249
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The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future
Olausson, D., Högberg, A. & Hughes, R., 2017 Sept 1, The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution. Pereira, T., Terradas, X. & Bicho, N. F. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 98-112 15 p.
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Chemical and visual analysis of flint from Gotland and Öland
Olausson, D., Högberg, A. & Hughes, R., 2016, In: Fornvännen. 111, 3, p. 145-152
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Olausson, D., Högberg, A., & Hughes, R. (2017). The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future. In T. Pereira, X. Terradas, & N. F. Bicho (Eds.), The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution (pp. 98-112). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Olausson, Deborah ; Högberg, Anders ; Hughes, Richard. / The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future : Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future. The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution. editor / Telmo Pereira ; Xavier Terradas ; Nuno Ferreira Bicho. Cambridge : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. pp. 98-112

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Olausson, D, Högberg, A & Hughes, R 2017, The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future. in T Pereira, X Terradas & NF Bicho (eds), The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge, pp. 98-112, Raw Materials Exploitation in Prehistory, Faro, Portugal, 2016/03/10.

The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future. / Olausson, Deborah; Högberg, Anders; Hughes, Richard.
The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution. ed. / Telmo Pereira; Xavier Terradas; Nuno Ferreira Bicho. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. p. 98-112.

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Olausson D, Högberg A, Hughes R. The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future. In Pereira T, Terradas X, Bicho NF, editors, The Exploitation of Raw Materials in Prehistory: Sourcing, Processing and Distribution. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2017. p. 98-112

The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future

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Siliceous Raw Material Exploitation at Hort de la Boquera Site (Margalef de Monsant, Tarragona, España): First Results from La-Icp-Ms Analysis

The Use of Non-Destructive Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) Analysis for Sourcing Flint in Northern Europe: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future: Progress to Date and Prospects for the Future

Chemical and visual analysis of flint from Gotland and Öland

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