The obsidian in the Aegean beyond Melos: An outlook from Yali

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-117

  Georgiadis, Mercourios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; OBSIDIAN; SOURCE ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; ANATOLIA; CARPATHIANS; CYCLADAS; DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MILOS; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKEY;

MELIA;

EID: 41149106810     PISSN: 02625253     EISSN: 14680092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2008.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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