AHMA Emeriti Faculty
Frank Asaro, Ph.D. (U.C. Berkeley, 1953)
Emeritus Senior Scientist, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Neutron Activation and X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Archaeological Artifacts
f_asaro@lbl.gov
Selected Works:
"Pottery Analysis by Neutron Activation", (with I. Perlman), Archaeometry 11, 21-52 1969
"The Colossi of Memnon Revisited", (with R.F. Heizer, F. Stross, T.R. Hester, A. Albee, I. Perlman and H.R. Bowman), Science 182, 1973
"The Origin of the "Palestinian" Bichrome Ware", (with M. Artzy and I. Perlman), J. American Oriental Society 93, 1973
"Chemical Study of the Plate of Brass", (with H.V. Michel), Archaeometry 21 No. 1, 1979
"Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction: Experiment and Theory", (with L.W. Alvarez, W.A. Alvarez and H.V. Michel), Science 208, 1980
"High Precision Non-destructive X-ray Flourescence Method Applicable to Establishing the Provenience of Obsidian Artifacts", (with R.D. Giauque, F.H. Stross and T.R. Hester), X-Ray Spectrometry 22, 1992
"An Initial Consideration of Obsidian Procurement and Exchange in Prehispanic Ecuador", (with R.L. Burger, H.V. Michel, F.H. Stross and E. Salazar), Latin American Antiquity 5, No. 3 1994
"The Evidence from Neutron Activation Analysis", (with D. Adan-Bayewitz, I. Perlman and H.V. Michel), in J.F. Strange, D.E. Groh, and T.R.W. Longstaff, "Excavations at Sepphoris: The location and identification of Shikhin," Part 2, Exploration J., 45, 1995
"Determining pottery provenience: Application of a new high-precision x-ray flourescence method and comparison with instrumental neutron activation analysis" (with D. Adan-Bayewitz, and R.D. Giauque). Archaeometry 41, 1-24, 1999
"Pottery manufacture in Roman Galilee: Distinguishing similar provenance groups using high-precision X-ray fluorescence, insturmental neutron activation, and micromorphological analysis" (with D. Adan-Bayewitz and others). Accepted by Proceedings of the 1999 International Archaeometry Conference in Athens.