Neutron activation and petrographic analysis of selected Late Bronze and Iron Age pottery from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 956-964

  Ben Shlomo, David ^a   Maeir, Aren M ^b   Mommsen, Hans ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Cyprus; Egypt; Greece; Imports; Iron Age; Israel; Late Bronze Age; Neutron activation analysis; Petrography; Philistia; Provenancing; Tell es Safi Gath

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; CERAMICS; IRON AGE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ASIA; CYPRUS; EGYPT; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949103439     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.06.020     Document Type: Article

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