Alteration and contamination of archaeological ceramics: The perturbation problem

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-313

  Buxeda I Garrigos J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alteration; Ceramics; Contamination; Logratio transformation; Perturbation; Provenance; Statistical treatment; Variation matrix

Indexed keywords

PROVENANCE;

EID: 0033102484     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0390     Document Type: Article

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