Definition: Isadore Perlman was a chemist at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories when he engineered the use of neutron activation to the identification of the provenience of ceramic sherds. He asked Frank Asaro and Helen Michel of the lab to investigate the application of nuclear spectroscopy to the sourcing of clays in Mycenaean pottery.
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This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar.
