2001
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.00022
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Neutron Activation Analysis of Metal Artefacts from the Moche Site, North Coast of Peru

Abstract: Neutron activation analysis has been used to characterize 60 metal objects from the Moche site, of which four are associated with the Chimú Period, two with the Early Chimú Period and the others with various Moche IV contexts. Different types of utilitarian and non‐utilitarian objects were analysed to identify the metals present, and to investigate their chemical composition and their eventual source. The results clearly indicate the distinction between Chimú and Moche artefacts and confirm the generalized opi… Show more

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“…In our application similarity between objects has been measured by Euclidean distance and the objects have been clustered by complete linkage using the statistical package SCAN (Software for Chemometric Analysis.Minitab Inc., State College, PA, USA, 1995). The dendrogram reported in figure 4 shows the similarity between the 24 measurement points on our metal sheets (code from 1 to 24) and the 28 Moche artefacts from literature [24] (codes from 25 to 53). The very large group contains all our samples which show a similarity with sub-groups from literature data higher than 90%.…”
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confidence: 81%
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“…In our application similarity between objects has been measured by Euclidean distance and the objects have been clustered by complete linkage using the statistical package SCAN (Software for Chemometric Analysis.Minitab Inc., State College, PA, USA, 1995). The dendrogram reported in figure 4 shows the similarity between the 24 measurement points on our metal sheets (code from 1 to 24) and the 28 Moche artefacts from literature [24] (codes from 25 to 53). The very large group contains all our samples which show a similarity with sub-groups from literature data higher than 90%.…”
Section: Getting Help From Other Techniques: Quantitative Edxrf Analymentioning
confidence: 81%
“…Reliability of obtained results was proved comparing analytical results former compositional analyses on some other Moche handworks belonging to the same period [24], considering, for our samples, each measurement points as a freestanding [25]. The overall compositional data have been treated by means of cluster analysis, a multivariate method which allows to highlight groups of objects within the data set.…”
Section: Getting Help From Other Techniques: Quantitative Edxrf Analymentioning
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“…Antes de la década de 1990, el único indicio de la existencia de talleres productivos en el sitio huacas de Moche fue ubicado al pie de la huaca del Sol, donde se registró una concentración de turquesas bajo la forma de cuentas, preformas y fragmentos no trabajados (Topic, 1977). Con el inicio de las excavaciones en el Núcleo Urbano y en los flancos del Cerro Blanco, se fueron documentando paulatinamente sectores de producción de cerámica fina (Armas, 1999;Uceda & Armas, 1997; y cerámica doméstica (Jara, 2000), áreas de preparación de chicha (Chapdelaine, 2001;Gamarra et al, 2004), espacios de manufactura de ornamentos corporales y trabajos en piedra (Bernier, 1999;Chapdelaine et al, 2000;Chiguala et al, 2006); sectores que posiblemente sirvieron para la fabricación y almacenamiento del material textil (Chapdelaine, 2001; y áreas relacionadas con la producción de objetos metálicos (Chapdelaine, 1998;Chapdelaine et al, 2001;Chiguala et al, 2004;Rengifo, 2005;Rengifo & Rojas, 2005;Uceda & Rengifo, 2006). Los ajuares funerarios muestran un fuerte incremento en la cantidad de ofrendas, así como mayor presencia de objetos de metal, tumbas de cámara, etc.…”
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“…En efecto, esta metodología de análisis físico-químico de materiales arqueológicos permanece aún poco utilizada por los arqueólogos y poco aplicada a problemáticas arqueológicas por los físicos y químicos de laboratorios peruanos. Ahora bien, las investigaciones analíticas realizadas desde el principio de los años 2000 en la costa norte del Perú (Wright, 2008;2010;Chapdelaine et al, 2001;Chapdelaine et al, 2001;Chapdelaine et al, 1997) demuestran el interés y el alcance de esta técnica de trabajo transdisciplinaria justificando su sistematización para estudiar problemáticas arqueológicas como de conservación/restauración del patrimonio. Además, constatando el notable desarrollo de esta especialidad en otros países, queríamos contribuir con este esfuerzo académico para consolidar las bases de estas investigaciones pluridisciplinarias en la región norte del Perú.…”
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