The isotopic composition of tin in some ancient metals and the recycling problem in metal provenancing

Archaeometry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-82

  Gale, N H ^a  

^a Nuclear Physics Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze; Bronze Age; Ingot; Isotopic composition; Isotopic fractionation; Mass spectrometry; Mediterranean; Recycling; Remelting; Tin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031539643     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1997.tb00791.x     Document Type: Article

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