Microchemical and Crystallographic Analysis of Human Bones from Nasca, Peru. a Possible Method of Direct Dating of Archaeological Skeletal Material

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-44

  Molin, Gianmario ^a   Drusini, Andrea G ^a   Pasqual, Daria ^a   Martignago, Fedora ^a   Scarazzati, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeometry; Bone; Microprobe analysis; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011771259     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199801/02)8:1<38::aid-oa407>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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