Geochemical analysis and sociocultural complexity: A case study from early iron age Megiddo (Israel)

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 705-722

  Harrison, T P ^a   Hancock, R G V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Iron age; Israel; Megiddo; Neutron activation analysis; Sociocultural complexity

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON AGE; LAND BRIDGE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEGIDDO; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT; WORLD;

EID: 27644505823     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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