An 8500-year-old bladder stone from Uzzo Cave (Trapani): Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy analysis

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 127-136

  D'Alessio, Aldo ^a   Bramanti, E ^b   Piperno, M ^c   Naccarato, G ^a   Vergamini, P ^a   Fornaciari, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder stones; FT IR microspectroscopy; Mesolithic; Palaeopathology; Sicily

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE;

EID: 15844364208     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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