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Publications
15
Citations
628
H-Index
14
Active since
1990
Affiliations
University of Tennessee at Knoxville(Current)
University of Missouri
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
National Institute of Anthropology and History
Vanderbilt University
J. Michael Elam is an author at University of Tennessee at Knoxville specializing in engineering, geology, and earth science.
Top concepts
EngineeringGeologyEarth SciencePetrologyArchaeologyGeochemistryGeochronologyEconomic GeologyLanguageGeography
Publications per year
1990–2006
The Failure of Obsidian Hydration Dating: Sources, Implications, and New Directions
Lawrence M. Anovitz, J. Michael Elam, Lee R. Riciputi et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 1999 · 145 citations
Earth Science, Engineering, New Directions +7
Obsidian-Artifact Source Analysis for the Mixtequilla Region, South-Central Veracruz, Mexico
Barbara Stark, Lynette Heller, Michael D. Glascock et al. · Latin American Antiquity · 1992 · 64 citations
Engineering, Gulf Coast Region, Distribution Network +12
Source Determination of White River Group Silicates from Two Archaeological Sites in the Great Plains
Robert J. Hoard, John R. Bozell, Steven R. Holen et al. · American Antiquity · 1993 · 62 citations
Sedimentary Record, Engineering, Sedimentary Geology +19
Isothermal Time‐Series Determination of the Rate of Diffusion of Water in Pachuca Obsidian*
Lawrence M. Anovitz, J. Michael Elam, Lee R. Riciputi et al. · Archaeometry · 2004 · 58 citations
Engineering, Archaeology, Water-rock Interaction +16
Obsidian Diffusion Dating by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry: A Test using Results from Mound 65, Chalco, Mexico
Lee R. Riciputi, J. Michael Elam, Lawrence M. Anovitz et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2002 · 55 citations
Engineering, Provenance (Geology), Obsidian Diffusion Dating +8
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