The amber of El Dorado: Class Ib archeological ambers associated with Laguna Guatavita

Archaeometry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 633-640

  Anderson, K B ^a   Bray, W ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amber; Columbia; El Dorado; Guatavita; Muisca; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AMBER; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTURAL HISTORY; CULTURAL TRADITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; RELIGION;

COLOMBIA; CUNDINAMARCA; GUATAVITA LAKE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750061007     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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