Neutron activation patterning of archaeological materials at the National Center for Scientific Research 'Demokritos': The case of black-on-red Neolithic pottery from Macedonia, Greece

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-319

  Kilikoglou, V ^a   Grimanis, A P ^a   Tsolakidou, A ^a   Hein, A ^a   Malamidou, D ^b   Tsirtsoni, Z ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b Erythrou Stavrou 17 ^*  (Greece)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Black on red pottery; Demokritos; Late neolithic; Macedonia; Neutron activation analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORY; NEOLITHIC;

EURASIA; EUROPE; MACEDONIA [SOUTHERN EUROPE]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249899912     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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