Archaeological copper smelting at Itziparátzico, Michoacan, Mexico

Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 852, Issue , 2005, Pages 231-240

  Maldonado, Blanca E ^a   Rehren, Thilo ^b   Howell, Paul R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACTS; DECORANTS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY (XRF);

COPPER SMELTING; FLUORESCENCE; METAL ANALYSIS; METAL WORKING; SLAGS;

COPPER METALLURGY;

EID: 28844492653     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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