Based on the results, the conclusion is that despite the constraints typical of the applied analytical technique, the elemental composition can be considered as viable information in provenience studies.
Multivariate statistical methods can be used in provenience studies of artefacts [2, 6], as well as for the recognition of local ceramic production and its characterisation, distinguishing from objects of possible trading activities [3], production dating [28], etc.
A differentiation of two separate clusters among Georgian cultivated samples was showed, confirming the existence of two genetic groups within the Georgian sativa germplasm, following the geographical provenience in the Georgian country described in [ 12] and [ 52], based on the molecular and morphological characterization, respectively.
In addition, the study documents the benefits of using lead isotopes in human proveniencing studies.
Figure #23 - The Staff God represented on a gold placque without provenience in the Museo Arqueologico "Rafael Larco Herrera," Lima.
Controls who underwent next-generation sequencing were matched with the patients for geographic provenience (born in Lombardy), in order to minimize population stratification.
Then, in accordance with the UN geoscheme [ 26], we split HMPC in sub-regions of provenience: Europe no HDC, Northern Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Asia, Rest of Asia, LA and the Caribbean.
The gold plaque in the Rafael Larco Herrera Museum which figures in the second part of the argument lacks provenience but is in a pure and relatively late Chavin style (fig. 23).
All cox1 sequences of O. lupi were identical according their geographic provenience (i.e., 2 in Greece, 1 in Turkey, 2 in Hungary, 9 in Portugal, and 7 in the United States) and had a high nucleotide similarity (mean 99.2%, range 99.6%100%%), except for those from Portugal, which differed considerably from the others (mean 98.2%, range 97.9%98.2%%).
The results of the present study can support provenience study issues, in developing a compositional databank and establishing reference groups of pottery from Neolithic sites.
Land use of sampled stations pointed out a higher proportion of WNV-positive Cx. pipiens pool in rural environments respect the provenience of total sampled pool, while the USUV-positive pools were uniformly captured in the different environments.
