Data papers
Geochemical Sourcing of New Zealand Obsidians by Portable X-Ray Fluorescence from 2011 to 2018
Authors:
- Mark D. McCoyEmail Mark D. McCoy
- Alex Jorgensen
- Hayley Glover
- Christopher Stevenson
- Brendan Kneebone
- Arden Cruickshank
- Andrew McAlister
- Isaac McIvor
- Caleb Gemmell
- Dion O. O’Neale
- Thegn N. Ladefoged
Abstract
This dataset includes 4,582 obsidian artefacts matched to their natural geological source from 45 archaeological sites in New Zealand (Aotearoa). It is a compilation of a number of independent projects conducted in the laboratories of the University of Auckland and University of Otago from 2011 to 2018 [1–13]. It combines previously published studies [3, 5–13], an MA thesis [1], a BA(Hons) dissertation [2], a site report [4], and other previously unpublished primary data. The dataset has high reuse potential for future non-destructive studies of artefacts and social network analyses.
Funding statement: This database began as part of a project funded by Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Grant (UOA1619) and the support of Te Pūnaha Matatini.
- Year: 2019
- Volume: 7
- Page/Article: 1
- DOI: 10.5334/joad.52
- Published on 20 Mar 2019
- Peer Reviewed