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Researchers send Chinese ceramic fragments from Terrace, Utah, to Missouri reactor for elemental 'fingerprint' testing
Summary
An unidentified speaker at Utah Libraries and History described a project sending Chinese ceramic fragments recovered from Transcontinental Railroad-era excavations in Terrace, Utah, to a Missouri reactor lab for neutron activation analysis to identify clay 'fingerprints' and link pieces to specific Chinese kilns.
Unidentified Speaker said researchers have been excavating materials from Transcontinental Railroad contexts and are "piecing together the past" by assembling fragments to determine how many vessels are present and how artifacts moved within the site.
The project includes an effort, described by the speaker as "the first project of its type in the country," to submit samples of Chinese ceramics to a reactor lab in Missouri for neutron activation analysis. "A reactor lab can actually use neutron activation analysis to…
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