EXAMINATION OF A FIGURINE AND SHEATH FROM FLORIDA USING pXRF ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings; Peter Kováčik; Jennifer L.B. Milligan

Year: 2015

Summary

A figurine collected from an undisclosed location along the Myakka River, southwest

Florida, and a leather fragment sheath and wood fragment from an estuary also in southwest Florida were submitted for analyses. Analytical techniques utilized to determine the figurine’s composition include pXRF, FTIR, and observation. A photographic record of the figurine documents our observations on its physical characteristics. Although a radiocarbon date was requested for the figurine, it is not carbon-based, so no date can be obtained. The leather and wood fragments were submitted for identification of the wood and, subsequently, radiocarbon dating of both.

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EXAMINATION OF A FIGURINE AND SHEATH FROM FLORIDA USING pXRF ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION ANALYSIS AND AMS RADIOCARBON AGE DETERMINATION. Linda Scott Cummings, Peter Kováčik, Jennifer L.B. Milligan. PRI Technical Report ,2015-052. 2015 ( tDAR id: 399355) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8NC63R4

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Keywords

Material
Inorganic • Leather

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
15-052

Geographic Keywords
Florida (State / Territory) • Myakka River (River)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -82.43; min lat: 27.01 ; max long: -82.043; max lat: 27.513 ;

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Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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