Mineralogical and chemical composition of transport amphorae excavated at Locri Epizephiri (southern Italy)

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 229-239

  Bagnasco, Marcella Barra ^a   Casoli, Antonella ^b   Chiari, Giacomo ^c   Compagnoni, Roberto ^c   Davit, Patrizia ^c   Mirti, Piero ^c  

^a Dipartimento di Scienze Antropologiche   (Italy)

^b Dipto Chimica Generale Inorganica   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emission spectroscopy; Locri Epizephiri; Multivariate analysis; Optical microscopy; Pottery; Provenance; Transport amphorae; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041913023     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2074(01)01120-7     Document Type: Article

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