Copper metallurgy in the Jordan Valley from the third to the first millennia BC: Chemical, metallographic and lead isotope analyses of artefacts from Pella

Levant

Volumn 35, Issue , 2003, Pages 71-100

  Philip, Graham ^a   Clogg, Philip W ^a   Dungworth, David ^b   Stos, Sophie ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745439726     PISSN: 00758914     EISSN: 17563801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/lev.2003.35.1.71     Document Type: Article

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