Technological features of Roman terra sigillata from gallic and Italian centres of production

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1427-1435

  Mirti, Piero ^a   Appolonia, Lorenzo ^b   Casoli, Antonella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Ricerche e Beni Archeologici   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colour; Pottery; Roman; Sem edx; Technology; Terra sigillata; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ROMAN ERA; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

FRANCE; ITALY;

EID: 0033391176     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0435     Document Type: Article

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