A materials-science approach to understanding limestone-tempered pottery from the Midwestern United States

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 823-832

  Hoard, Robert J ^a   O’Brien, Michael J ^b   Khorasgany, Mohammad Ghazavy ^b   Gopalaratnam, Vellore S ^b  

^a Cultural Resources Section   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Limestone temper; Materials science; Mechanical stress; Pottery; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000043607     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-4403(95)90011-X     Document Type: Article

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