Implications of burial alterations on luminescence dating of archaeological ceramics

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-57

  Zacharias, N ^a,b   Buxeda i Garrigos J ^c   Mommsen, H ^a   Schwedt, A ^a   Kilikoglou, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bronze Age pottery; Calcareous pottery; Luminescence dating; Over fired pottery; Potassium leaching

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; DATING METHOD; LEACHING; LUMINESCENCE DATING; POTASSIUM;

EID: 10244242569     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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