Coins, artefacts and isotopes-archaeometallurgy and archaeometry

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-248

  Rehren, T H ^a,c   Pernicka, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c University of Tübingen and Curt Engelhorn Zentrum Archäometrie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeometallurgy; Coins; Isotopes; Publication pattern

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 41149100139     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00389.x     Document Type: Review

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