NAA for pre-Hispanic ceramics and related projects of the IAEA

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NAA for pre-Hispanic ceramics and related
projects of the IAEA

• Coordinated Research Projects (CRPs) and regional
  Technical Cooperation projects for cultural
  heritage and archaeological investigations

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• Role of the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Previous activities
• Ongoing projects
• Outlook

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IAEA at a Glance 2004

• Founded in 1957
• 137 Member States
• 2200 professional and support staff
• 3 scientific laboratories
• Headquarters in Vienna offices in Tokyo,
  Toronto, Geneva and New York
• Total Budget in 2004 397 million

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IAEA At Work
Safeguards Verification Safety
Security Science Technology

• Maximizing the contribution of nuclear
  technology Verifying its peaceful use

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Ensuring Safety of Nuclear Technologies

• 442 nuclear plants in 30 countries
• Thousands of uses of radioactive materials in
• Industry
• Medicine
• Agriculture
• Mineral exploration

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Technical Co-operation Addresses key problems
in developing nations

• Contaminated drinking water
• Diseases TB, AIDS, Malaria, Cancer and Sleeping
  Sickness
• Malnutrition and food scarcity
• Environmental management
• Preservation of cultural heritage etc.

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Science and Technology for Development

• Better Water Management Isotope Hydrology
• Controlling Insect Pests Sterile Insect
  Technique
• Ensuring Food SafetyIrradiation
• Managing Nature Isotope Techniques
• Treating Cancer Radiotherapy
• Diagnosing Diseases Nuclear Medicine
• Industrial Development Radiation and
  Tracer Techniques
• Research Nuclear Data, CRPs, Meetings,
  Conferences, Expert Services, etc.

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IAEA Budget

• 269 million Regular Budget
• Extra budgetary contributions of 38 million
• Nuclear Security Fund 11 million
• 79 million to the TC programme

Total in 2004 US 397.4 million
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CRP on Nuclear Analytical Techniques in
Archaeological Investigations (F.2.30.15,
1996-1999)

• participants
• seven laboratories from 6 countries in Latin
  America one consultant from USA (Smithsonian
  Institution, Center for Material Research and
  Education)
• objectives
• Promotion of interdisciplinary research
• Strengthen the role of NATs in the region
• outcome
• synergistic effects in NATs and archaeology
• improved data interpretation capabilities
• demonstrated competence of NATs for
  interdisciplinary problem solving

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Individual project results

• Argentina extensive trading activities and the
  exchange of ceramics between two
  pre-Columbian groups in the north-western part
  of Argentina.
• Brazil, Sao Paulo Three distinct and very
  confined clusters of pottery from Amazon
  populations trading 1000 and 1500 years before
  present.
• Brazil, Belo Horizonte clear distinction among
  the pottery types of Uru tradition and the Aratu
  tradition (1200 AD) from a double ring shaped
  village.
• Chile very hetererogeneous concentration
  pattern in pottery of the Aconcagua Culture (900
  - 1450 A.D.) in Central Chile.
• Cuba aborigine ceramic production could be
  distinguished on the bases of concentration
  pattern. Majolica from colonial Havana could be
  re-classified as originating from Italy (Liguria)
  rather than from Spain as originally suggested.
• Mexico Mexico City and Puebla ceramics from
  Templo Mayor excavations could be separated
  clearly on the bases of trace element
  fingerprinting.
• Peru nine distinct groups of pottery were
  identified from pre-Columbian Inka sherds using
  multivariate statistical analysis.

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• Technical Report Series 416
• PER/8/013   Application of Nuclear Techniques
  for the Analysis, Conservation and Dating of
  Archaeological Materials
• SYR/1/004   Nuclear Techniques for Dating
  Analysis and Preservation of Archaeological
  Materials

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RER/1/006   Nuclear Techniques for the Protection
of Cultural Heritage Artefacts in the
Mediterranean Region (2005-2007)
Participants Albania, Croatia , Cyprus ,
Greece(?), Malta, Serbia and Montenegro,
Turkey Objectives gt study, restoration and
conservation of cultural heritage
gt enhance the cooperation between the existing
laboratories gt promote the role of
nuclear analytical techniques in archaeometry
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Activities gt 1st co-ordination meeting 07-09
February 2005 at VIC, Vienna gt Expert
missions, fellowships and group activities
gt Establish a network between the
laboratories gt Training of staff in
using NATs for archaeological investigations
gt Cooperation with COST-8 and ARTECH
network would greatly enhance impact and
sustainability
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F2.30.23 New CRP on NATs for art object
identification 2005-2008

• Participants Brazil, China, Croatia, Cuba,
  France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary,
  Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland,
  Syria,
• 1st RCM 21-25 February 2005 in Damascus, Syria
• Objectives
• Explore new fields of application for NATs
• Foster collaboration between museum conservators
  and analytical researchers
• NATs for conservation and recovery of national
  heritage

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Techniques and study materials covered

• Analytical Techniques
• NAA, PGNAA, XRF (stationary and portable), PIXE,
  IBA, and conventional methods
• Study areas
• Marajoara, Lagartero Chiapas, and
  other pottery
• Pigments of paintings
• Tang Sancai porcelain
• Ghanaian gold and metal artefacts
• Neolithic stone artefacts
• Ceramics and coins
• Peruvian textiles
• Bronze age metallic artefacts
• Medieval glass ware

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Future plans

• Enhance human capacity for cultural heritage
  preservation and investigation
• Support laboratories to acquire technical
  capabilities for archaeological investigations
• Establish regional networking for exchange of
  expertise and mutual use of resources
• To promote the use of nuclear techniques for
  provenance studies, age determination and
  authenticity verification

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