Clay paste mixtures identified by Neutron Activation Analysis in pottery of a Roman workshop in Bonn, Germany

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1251-1258

  Schwedt, A ^a   Mommsen, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clay paste mixture; Compositional data; Discriminant analysis; Mahalanobis distance; Neutron Activation Analysis; Pottery; Statistical grouping

Indexed keywords

ROMAN ERA;

EID: 3042635877     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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