Etched (carnelian) beads from northeast and southeast Arabia

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-40

  De Waele, An ^a   Haerinck, Ernie ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabia; Beads; Carnelian; Etched; International trade; Persian Gulf

Indexed keywords

QUARTZ;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ARABIAN SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MIDDLE EAST; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 33646062546     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2006.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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