@article {9673,
	title = {The Application of X-Ray Flourescence Analysis to Archaeological Samples: A Case Study from Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology/Journal canadien d{\textquoteright}arch{\'e}ologie},
	volume = {28},
	year = {2004},
	pages = {342-352},
	abstract = {<p>Although researchers in the Northeast have for decades noticed general similarities in archaeological material from sites in Labrador, Quebec, the Atlantic Provinces, archaeological research has focussed on the behaviour of groups within, rather than across, social boundaries. This has led to a working impression of precontact society as a mosaic of distinct, homogeneous, archaeological cultures (ethnic groups) separated in space and time by impermeable boundaries. This paper explores the potential for identifying precontact social interaction across these boundaries through comparison of similar archaeological lithics obtained from disparate locations in Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island. Though the results of these tests were inconclusive, similar comparative analysis of the geographic distribution of sourced lithic material in archaeological sites is encouraged.</p>},
	author = {Helen Kristmanson}
}
