Portable XRF of archaeological artifacts: current research, potentials and limitations

I Liritzis, N Zacharias - X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF) in …, 2011 - Springer
Portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) serves as an effective, rapid and non-destructive,
method for determining the elemental composition of natural and man-made materials, such …

Late survival of Neanderthals at the southernmost extreme of Europe

C Finlayson, F Giles Pacheco, J Rodríguez-Vidal… - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
The late survival of archaic hominin populations and their long contemporaneity with
modern humans is now clear for southeast Asia. In Europe the extinction of the …

X-ray fluorescence in investigations of cultural relics and archaeological finds

L Musílek, T Čechák, T Trojek - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2012 - Elsevier
Some characteristic features of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis make it an ideal method
for investigations of cultural relics and archaeological finds. It has therefore become a …

Mobile spectroscopic instrumentation in archaeometry research

P Vandenabeele, MK Donais - Applied Spectroscopy, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Mobile instrumentation is of growing importance to archaeometry research. Equipment is
utilized in the field or at museums, thus avoiding transportation or risk of damage to valuable …

Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar—the persistence of a Neanderthal population

C Finlayson, DA Fa, FJ Espejo, JS Carrión… - Quaternary …, 2008 - Elsevier
The stratigraphy of the late Neanderthal occupation of Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar, between
33 and 24ka BP, the latest known site of Neanderthal occupation, is discussed. Level IV at …

Comparison between XRF, TXRF, and PXRF analyses for provenance classification of archaeological bricks

L Bonizzoni, A Galli, M Gondola… - X‐Ray …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Ceramics provenance studies based on minor and trace elements are widely used to help in
gathering knowledge of local furnace presence and commercial trades. Most of the times …

Comparing INAA and pXRF analytical methods for ceramics: A case study with Classic Maya wares

JB LeMoine, CT Halperin - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
In order to develop more rigorous methods for ceramic-specific chemical composition
analyses using a portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF), this article compares pXRF and …

Distribution and chemical speciation of arsenic in ancient human hair using synchrotron radiation

I Kakoulli, SV Prikhodko, C Fischer, M Cilluffo… - Analytical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Pre-Columbian populations that inhabited the Tarapacá mid river valley in the Atacama
Desert in Chile during the Middle Horizon and Late Intermediate Period (AD 500–1450) …

Deep learning assisted XRF spectra classification

V Andric, G Kvascev, M Cvetanovic, S Stojanovic… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
EDXRF spectrometry is a well-established and often-used analytical technique in examining
materials from which cultural heritage objects are made. The analytical results are …

The examination of works of art using in situ XRF line and area scans

K Trentelman, M Bouchard, M Ganio… - X‐Ray Spectrometry …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Spatially resolved element distributions generated by in situ X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) line
and area scans are shown to provide information about works of art which may not be …