Abstract
AbstractThis work presents a new calibration method for determining the provenance of obsidian artefacts based on the combined use of XRF and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS). At first, obsidian samples collected from the main Mediterranean sources were characterized using portable XRF and LIBS systems. After data treatment, elemental information was used to carry out principal component analysis (PCA) for each technique. Rb, Sr, Zr, Y and Fe elements, detected by using XRF, were found to be the key parameters enabling obsidians discrimination. Likewise, LIBS data helped differentiating the analysed patterns by the intensity of their main elemental components (Ca, Al, Mg and K). After selecting the key parameters detected by each technique, a new data matrix combining XRF and LIBS data was finally built. According to PCA results, the discrimination of Mediterranean sources based on combined XRF–LIBS data ensured a higher reliability over mono-analytical models, by increasing the Euclidean distance between sources projections over three-dimensional principal components plots. Knowing that the representativeness of elemental data could be compromised by the presence of superficial degradation products or deposition patinas, a shot-to-shot comparison of in-depth LIBS analyses is finally proposed as a method to disclose whether the spot under analysis was superficially contaminated or altered. Thus, the proposed strategy based on the combined use of portable XRF and LIBS spectrometers could be particularly useful for the in situ analysis of obsidian artefacts that underwent superficial alteration or could be covered by patina products.
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Funder
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
European Regional Development Fund
Universidad del País Vasco
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
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