Provenance of archaeological limestone with EPR spectroscopy: The case of the Cypriote-type statuettes

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1015-1028

  Polikreti, K ^a   Maniatis, Y ^a   Bassiakos, Y ^a   Kourou, N ^b   Karageorghis, V ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Leventis Foundation   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Aegean; Cyprus; Egypt; EPR spectroscopy; Limestone; Provenance; Statuettes

Indexed keywords

PROVENANCE;

EID: 3042823392     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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