Characterization of Maltese pottery of the Late Neolithic, Bronze Age and Punic Period by neutron activation analysis

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 257, Issue , 2006, Pages 81-89

  Mommsen, H ^a   Bonanno, A ^b   Chetcuti Bonavita, K ^b   Kakoulli, I ^c   Musumeci, M ^b   Sagona, C ^d   Schwedt, A ^a,e   Vella, N C ^b   Zacharias, N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; NEOLITHIC; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MALTA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TAS-SILG;

AMPHORA;

EID: 33646596567     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.257.01.06     Document Type: Article

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