In search of Etruscan colours: A spectroscopic study of a painted terracotta slab from Ceri

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-100

  Bordignon, F ^a   Postorino, P ^a   Dore, P ^a   Guidi, G F ^b,c   Trojsi, G ^b,c   Bellelli, V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Etruscan; Micro Raman Spectroscopy; Painted terracotta; XRD

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ART; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33847286443     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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