Regional variations in bloomery smelting slag of the Iron Age and Romano-Bristish periods

Archaeometry

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 271-292

  Paynter, S ^a  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composition; England; Iron; Iron age; Romano British; SEM EDS; Slag

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PROVENANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLAG; SMELTING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646168669     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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