casethejointfirst: Sampling a massive basalt (?) outcrop near Carlo Creek, AK. Wondering why a capti
casethejointfirst:Sampling a massive basalt (?) outcrop near Carlo Creek, AK.Wondering why a caption “anthropology” is sampling basalt and hoping someone will tell me. Matching chemistry with some sort of artifact? Dating the site?Edit: the answer“My colleague and I pursue the geochemical analysis of stone found at archaeological sites. She works in Alaska, and I work in Florida. We use various methods (XRF, NAA, LA-ICPMS) to analyze stone tools and their corresponding lithic raw materials to study how people acquire and transport lithic raw materials!” -- source link
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