Chemical characterization of majolica from 14th-18th century production centers on the Iberian Peninsula: a preliminary neutron activation study

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 425-440

  Iñañez, Javier Garcia ^a   Speakman, Robert J ^b   Buxeda i Garrigós, Jaume ^a   Glascock, Michael D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MUSEUM CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Iberian Peninsula; Majolica; Medieval and Renaissance pottery; Multivariate statistics; Neutron activation analysis; Provenance

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONIALISM; CULTURAL HISTORY; MEDIEVAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 37749003348     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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