Preliminary study on the import of lavic millstones in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (Libya)

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-145

  Antonelli, Fabrizio ^a   Lazzarini, Lorenzo ^a   Luni, Mario ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basalt; Cyrene; Leptis Magna; Leucite phonolite; Millstones; Mugearite; Provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444374059     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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