Impact of pollution at a Stone Age rock art site in Oslo, Norway, studied using lead and strontium isotopes

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1483-1488

  Aberg G ^a   Stray, H ^a   Dahlin, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Lead isotopes; Norway; Pollution; Rock carving; Stone age; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; WEATHERING;

EID: 0033384453     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0445     Document Type: Article

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