Analysis of burnt schist outcrops in the Alps: Relation to historical archaeology and Hannibal's crossing in 218 B.C.

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 797-816

  Mahaney, William C ^a   Milner, Michael W ^a   Sodhi, Rana ^b   Dorn, Ronald I ^c   Boccia, Sal ^b   Beukens, Roelf P ^b   Tricart, Pierre ^d   Schwartz, Stéphane ^d   Chamorro Perrez, Eva ^e   Barendregt, René W ^f   Kalm, Volli ^g   Dirszowsky, Randy W ^h  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^h LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OUTCROP; RADIOCARBON DATING; SCHIST;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 34948837300     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20187     Document Type: Article

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