The strange case of the earliest silver extraction by European colonists in the New World

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 3663-3666

  Thibodeau, A M ^a   Killick, D J ^b   Ruiz, J ^a   Chesley, J T ^a   Deagan, K ^d   Cruxent, J M ^e   Lyman, W ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Archaeological science; Historical metallurgy; La Isabela; Lead isotopes

Indexed keywords

GLASS; ISOTOPE; LEAD; SILVER;

ACCURACY; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY; HYPOTHESIS; METALLURGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STANDARD; TRAVEL;

ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LEAD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINING; SILVER; SULFIDES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 33847665970     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607297104     Document Type: Article

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