Copper-based implements of a newly identified culture in Yemen

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-43

  Giumlia Mair, Alessandra ^a   Keall, Edward ^b   Stock, Susan ^b   Shugar, Aaron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c Institute of Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenical copper; Bronze; Bronze Age; Copper; Copper based alloys; ICP analysis; Iron Age; SEM EDX analysis; Yemen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033636224     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(99)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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