Provenance studies of Roman African Red Slip ware using neutron activation analysis

Archaeometry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-255

  Taylor, R J ^a   Robinson, V J ^b  

^a SELLAFIELD LTD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Ceramics; Cluster analysis; Multivariate statistics; Neutron activation analysis; Provenance; Roman; Terra sigillata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030502726     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1996.tb00773.x     Document Type: Article

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