Element concentration distributions and most discriminating elements for provenancing by neutron activation analyses of ceramics from Bronze Age Sites in Greece

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1053-1058

  Hein, A ^a   Mommsen, H ^a   Maran, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Ceramics; Elemental Concentration; Greece; NAA; Provenancing

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; REGIONAL TRADE;

GREECE;

EID: 0032748531     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0423     Document Type: Article

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