Soil geochemistry and detection of early Roman precious metal and copper alloy working at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 805-812

  Cook, S R ^a   Clarke, A S ^a   Fulford, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early Roman town; Geochemistry; Hearths; Metal analyses; Silchester

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ROMAN ERA;

ROMAN;

EID: 15344339483     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.01.006     Document Type: Article

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