The importance of a reliable grouping e Neutron activation analysis (NAA) data of Mycenaean pottery sherds re-evaluated with the Bonn filter method

摘要

Using the Bonn statistical procedure to form groups of samples of similar composition and hence origin,published NAA concentration data of Mycenaean pottery sherds from Mycenae and Tiryns measured inVienna have been newly grouped and, after minor interlaboratory adjustments of a few elementalconcentration values, proven to agree with well known Mycenaean patterns measured in Bonn and otherlaboratories. This demonstrates the importance of a good grouping procedure and also, that data fromdifferent laboratories can be used in provenance studies providing a larger reference data base.