Gabbroic clay sources in Cornwall: A petrographic study of prehistoric pottery and clay samples

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-286

  Harrad, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CLAY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; PETROGRAPHY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3543137671     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2004.00212.x     Document Type: Article

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