Major and trace element analysis of modern Egyptian pottery

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 741-762

  Redmount, Carol A ^a   Morgenstein, Maury E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Geosciences Management Institute Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay sourcing; Egypt; Ethnoarchaeology; Geochemical fingerprinting; Modern pottery; Petrography

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005411882     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0070     Document Type: Article

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