Bitumen in early ceramic art: Bitumen-painted ceramics from Late Neolithic Tell Sabi Abyad (Syria)

Archaeometry

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-124

  Connan, J ^a   Nieuwenhuyse, O P ^b   Van As, A ^c   Jacobs, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b National Museum of Antiquities Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Isotopic values; Late neolithic; MPLC (Medium Pressure Liquid Chromatography); Near east organic chemistry; Pigment; Pottery

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; CERAMICS; NEOLITHIC; PIGMENT;

AR-RAQQAH; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; TELL SABI ABYAD;

EID: 1842814221     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2004.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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