Multi-method marble provenance determinations: The Carrara marbles as a case study for the combined use of isotopic, electron spin resonance and petrographic data

Archaeometry

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 257-272

  Attanasio, D ^a   Armiento, G ^a   Brilli, M ^b   Emanuele, M C ^a   Platania, R ^a   Turi, B ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope analysis; Carrara; Characterization; Electron spin resonance spectroscopy; Italy; Oxygen isotope analysis; Petrography; Provenance; Quadratic discriminant analysis; Quarries; White marble

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034238513     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2000.tb00881.x     Document Type: Article

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