The source of basalt vessels in ancient Egyptian archeological sites: A mineralogical approach

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1025-1046

  Mallory Greenough, Leanne M ^a   Gorton, Michael P ^a   Greenough, John D ^a  

^a OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archeology; Artefacts; Basalt discrimination; Basalt vessels; Egypt; Mineral geochemistry; Predynastic

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMMERCE; LIME; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

BASALT VESSELS;

BASALT;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; SOURCE ROCK; VESSEL;

EGYPT;

EID: 0036699444     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.40.4.1025     Document Type: Article

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