tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35183976.post4920018452210290461..comments2023-10-26T06:35:55.278-05:00Comments on Illicit Cultural Property: WMD and Antiquities?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00815004368881797395noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35183976.post-83087929569704938672007-06-20T10:30:00.000-05:002007-06-20T10:30:00.000-05:00Nuclear analysis techniques, particularly instrume...Nuclear analysis techniques, particularly instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA), have been in use by museums and archaeologists for over thirty years now. They can definitely be used to determine provenance if one knows the general region that an object came from and there is a good database. Some materials are more variable in chemistry than others, but these techniques measure elements (lanthanides, actinides, etc... ) which are not measure by any other techniques.Don Thiemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com