Stay updated with breaking news from Activation Analysis. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Activation analysis (AA) is an analytical method for determining the (stable isotope) concentration of trace elements in the bulk of a sample
This paper takes a practice-based approach to the study of cultural identity, focusing on how raw material and technical choices involved in the production of quotidian tools served to both reproduce, and reflect a social group’s very way of being. We then consider the (dis)continuity of obsidian blade-making traditions from Middle–Late Bronze Age Malia (north-central Crete), i.e., before and after a period of island-wide destructions, and appearance of foreign elements believed to reflect the arrival of a population from the Greek mainland (Mycenaeans). Methodologically this invol...