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Abstract: Chert samples from different coastal and inland outcrops in the Eastern Asturias (Spain) were mineralogically investigated for the first time for archaeological purposes. X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, transmission electron microscopy, infrared and Raman spectroscopy and total organic carbon techniques were used. The low content of moganite, since its detection by X-ray diffraction is practically imperceptible, and the crystallite size (over 1000 Å) of the quartz in these cherts would be indicative of its maturity and could potentially be used for dating chert-tools recovered from archaeological sites. Also, this information can constitute essential data to differentiate the cherts and compare them with those used in archaeological tools. However, neither composition nor crystallite size would allow distinguishing between coastal and inland chert outcrops belonging to the same geological formations.
Fuente: Minerals, 2021, 11(6), 611
Publisher: MDPI
Publication date: 07/06/2021
No. of pages: 21
Publication type: Article
DOI: 10.3390/min11060611
ISSN: 2075-163X
Spanish project: HAR2017-82557-P
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CELIA MARCOS PASCUAL
URIBE ZORITA, MARÍA DE
ÁLVAREZ LLORET, PEDRO
ADAWY, ALAA
PATRICIA FERNANDEZ SANCHEZ
PABLO ARIAS CABAL
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