A comparative electron microprobe study of Lerna III and IV ceramics and local clay-rich sediments

Archaeometry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-49

  Shriner, C ^a   Dorais, M J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back scattered electron imaging; Ceramic petrography; Ceramic petrology; Ceramics; Early bronze age; Electron microprobe analysis; Greece; Lerna; Provenance; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074678     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1999.tb00850.x     Document Type: Article

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