Early bronze age metal trade in the eastern Mediterranean. New compositional and lead isotope evidence from Cyprus

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-288

  Webb, Jennifer M ^a   Frankel, David ^a   Stos, Zofia Anna ^b   Gale, Noel ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; METAL; TRADE;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33745439568     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2006.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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