Ancient standards of volume: negevite Iron Age pottery (Israel) as a case study in 3D modeling

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1734-1743

  Zapassky, Elena ^a   Finkelstein, Israel ^a   Benenson, Itzhak ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ancient measurements; Computer 3D modeling; Iron Age IIA; Negev Highlands; Pottery; Pottery volume

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRON AGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; NEGEV HIGHLANDS; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 33748751580     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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