Investigation of trace elements in ancient pottery from Jenini, Brong Ahafo region, Ghana by INAA and Compton suppression spectrometry

dc.contributor.authorNyarko, B.J.B.
dc.contributor.authorBredwa-Mensah, Y.
dc.contributor.authorSerfor-Armah, Y.
dc.contributor.authorDampare, S.B.
dc.contributor.authorAkaho, E.H.K.
dc.contributor.authorOsae, S.
dc.contributor.authorPerbi, A.
dc.contributor.authorChatt, A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-05T11:48:06Z
dc.date.available2019-04-05T11:48:06Z
dc.date.issued2007-10
dc.description.abstractConcentrations of trace elements in ancient pottery excavated from Jenini in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana were determined using instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) in conjunction with both conventional and Compton suppression counting. Jenini was a slave Camp of Samory Toure during the indigenous slavery and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. Pottery fragments found during the excavation of the grave tombs of the slaves who died in the slave camps were analysed. In all, 26 trace elements were determined in 40 pottery fragments. These elemental concentrations were processed using multivariate statistical methods, cluster, factor and discriminant analyses in order to determine similarities and correlation between the various samples. The suitability of the two counting systems for determination of trace elements in pottery objects has been evaluated. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2007.04.086
dc.identifier.otherVolume 263, Issue 1,Pages 196-203
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/29084
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atomsen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectCompton suppressionen_US
dc.subjectJeninien_US
dc.subjectNeutron activation analysisen_US
dc.subjectPotteryen_US
dc.subjectSlave tradeen_US
dc.subjectStatistical methodsen_US
dc.subjectTrace elementsen_US
dc.titleInvestigation of trace elements in ancient pottery from Jenini, Brong Ahafo region, Ghana by INAA and Compton suppression spectrometryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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