A new protocol for the chemical characterisation of steatite - two case studies in Europe: the Shetland Islands and Crete

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 626-641

  Jones, R E ^a   Kilikoglou, V ^b   Olive, V ^c   Bassiakos, Y ^b   Ellam, R ^c   Bray, I S J ^d   Sanderson, D C W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crete; ICP MS; INAA; Shetland Islands; Softstone; Steatite; Strontium isotope analysis; XRD

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; TALC; TRANSITION ELEMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845568617     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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