A New Look at Bjurselet. The Neolithic Flint Axe Caches from Västerbotten, Sweden using non-destructive energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence analysis for provenance determination

• Main Authors: Olausson, Deborah, Hughes, Richard, Högberg, Anders
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012
• Subjects: History and Archaeology; Neolithic; Scandinavia; provenance; Flint; EDAX; Bjurselet; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/3412402

Because of the inexact nature of visual classification schemes and the resulting uncertainties of specifying raw material origins, geochemical methods applicable for sourcing Scandinavian flint have been sought. The authors have shown that EDXRF analysis yields geochemical data sufficiently precise...