The application of epithermal neutron activation analysis in connection with the loss-free counting technique for the analysis of ceramic shards from Diros, Greece

Ochsenkuhn, KM; Zouridakis, N; Papathanassopoulos, GA; Ochsenkuhn-Petropulu, M

dc.contributor.author	Ochsenkuhn, KM	en
dc.contributor.author	Zouridakis, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Papathanassopoulos, GA	en
dc.contributor.author	Ochsenkuhn-Petropulu, M	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:15:17Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:15:17Z
dc.date.issued	1999	en
dc.identifier.issn	0733-4680	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/13413
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dc.subject	Alepotrypa Cave of Diros	en
dc.subject	epithermal gamma-spectroscopy	en
dc.subject	loss-free counting	en
dc.subject.classification	Chemistry, Analytical	en
dc.subject.other	NUCLEAR PULSE SPECTROSCOPY	en
dc.subject.other	TIME	en
dc.title	The application of epithermal neutron activation analysis in connection with the loss-free counting technique for the analysis of ceramic shards from Diros, Greece	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1999	en
heal.abstract	Up to now γ-spectroscopy is one of the most important analytical methods in archaeometry. For ceramic samples of the Alepotrypa Cave at Diros, Greece, INAA was also applied. The Cave is of interest for archaeology because of its Neolithic settlement. To shorten the irradiation and the cooling- and measurement-time, and to have a good throughput of samples, epithermal irradiation was used in connection with the loss-free counting technique. The samples, sealed in small plastic capsules, were transferred into a special Cd-container and irradiated in a 5 MW swimming pool reactor. When opening the highly radioactive Cd-container under water, the light samples rose to the water surface and could be collected there by using grabbing devices. In that way it was possible to measure the isotopes 76As, 143Ce, 152mEu, 72Ga, 159Gd, 42K, 140La, 56Mn , 24Na, 239Np, 233Pa, 122Sb, 46Sc, 153Sm, 69mZn and in some case also 171Er in a total irradiation-, cooling- and measurement-time of about 1 day for a set of 12 archaeological and 3 reference samples. The statistical evaluation of the samples from the Cave of Diros showed that all shards belonged to a common group of ceramics, which have to be assumed of local origin. The result was in agreement with the archaeological observation that all shards were simple pieces for probably everyday household use. Copyright © 1999 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.	en
heal.publisher	MARCEL DEKKER INC	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Trace and Microprobe Techniques	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000078756500007	en
dc.identifier.volume	17	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	81	en
dc.identifier.epage	89	en