The Origin and Use of Basalt in Old Kingdom Funerary Temples

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-330

  Mallory Greenough, Leanne M ^a   Greenough, John D ^b   Owen, J Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; MONUMENT; PLAGIOCLASE; RELIGION;

EGYPT;

EID: 0010785074     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(200004)15:4<315::AID-GEA2>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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