Asphalt in iron age excavations from the Philistine Tel Miqne-Ekron city (Israel): Origin and trade routes

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1768-1786

  Connan, Jacques ^a   Nissenbaum, Arie ^b   Imbus, Kendra ^c   Zumberge, John ^c   Macko, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Chalkyfold Grove Lane   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; NATURAL ASPHALTS; PETROLEUM GEOCHEMISTRY; POLITICAL CONFLICT;

BIODEGRADATION; COATINGS; EXCAVATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; URBAN PLANNING; WEATHERING;

ASPHALT;

ASPHALT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EXCAVATION; IRON AGE; TRADE FLOW;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 33845220045     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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