Pre-Columbian gems and ornamental materials from Antigua, west Indies

Gems and Gemology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 234-245

  Murphy, A Reg ^a   Hozjan, David J ^b   De Mille, Christy N ^c   Levinson, Alfred A ^c  

^a Museum of Antigua and Barbuda   (Antigua and Barbuda)

^b Overburden Drilling Management Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 0013277277     PISSN: 0016626X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5741/GEMS.36.3.234     Document Type: Article

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