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The main goals of provenience study of archaeological artefacts are to find answers to archaeologists’ questions concerning places and regions of origin, to determine techniques for the production of artefacts, and to interpret cultural influences, exchanges and commercial routes and migrations.
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- Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis
- Archaeological Site
- Amazon Basin
- Clay Sample
- Circular Structure
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Latini, R.M., Bellido, A.B., Dias, O., Bellido, L.F.B. (2004). Determining the Provenience of Prehistoric Ceramic Artefacts from the Amazon Basin Using Geochemical Tracers. In: Drude de Lacerda, L., Santelli, R.E., Duursma, E.K., Abrão, J.J. (eds) Environmental Geochemistry in Tropical and Subtropical Environments. Environmental Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07060-4_8
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