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Those interested in (one of) the methods used to determine the origin of archeological finds might find Neutron Activation Analysis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
by Schattenbaer 7y ago
Those interested in (one of) the methods used to determine the origin of archeological finds might find Neutron Activation Analysis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_activation_analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_activation_analysis) interesting.
Basically, fire neutrons into your item, and then look at how it [edit: radioactively] decays to determine the constituent chemical elements.
My one beer-brewing book mentioned that they can trace some pot sherds to a specific region of a specific river using this method. Very cool.
- werds 7y agounrelated, but what beer-brewing book includes this sort of information?
- Schattenbaer 7y agoI can't remember exactly as I haven't made beer in years and sold all my books and equipment - but - I think it was _Uncorking the Past_ by Patrick Mcgovern. It could also have been John Palmer's _How to Brew_ too - I remember the author goes into super interesting detail about metallurgy and similar topics.