Firing analysis of south-eastern Missouri Indian pottery using iron Mössbauer spectroscopy

Archaeometry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-70

  Feathers, J K ^a   Berhane, M ^b   May, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Firing; Late prehistoric; M ssbauer spectroscopy; South eastern Missouri; Technology; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032346793     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1998.tb00824.x     Document Type: Article

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