Lead isotopic evidence for a mixed provenance for Roman water pipes from Pompeii

Archaeometry

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 201-208

  Boni, M ^a   Di Maio, G ^b   Frei, R ^c   Villa, I M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b GEOMED SAS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fistulae plumbiferae; Italy; Lead; Lead isotope analysis; Mediterranean; Ores; Pompeii; Provenance; Roman; Water pipes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034131595     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2000.tb00876.x     Document Type: Article

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