Trace element discriminants between Egyptian and Mesopotamian Late Bronze Age glasses

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 781-789

  Shortland, Andrew ^a   Rogers, Nick ^b   Eremin, Katherine ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Glass; LA ICPMS; Late Bronze Age; Mesopotmia; Provenance; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; GLASS; TRACE ELEMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 33845619978     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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