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Lead Isotope Analysis for Provenance Studies in the Aegean Region: A Re-Evaluation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Chandra L. Reedy
Affiliation:
Conservation Center, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Terry J. Reedy
Affiliation:
CURE Biomathematics Unit, University of California, VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90073
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For more than a decade lead isotope analyses have been used in attempts to identify ore sources for silver and lead artifacts from the Aegean region. These regional provenance studies have been used to formulate statements on archaeological issues in the Aegean. Methods of data analysis and presentation used to interpret lead isotope analyses have been borrowed directly from the field of geology, where this technique was developed and originally applied. However, the goals of geologists and those of archaeologists are not the same.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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