An old notice board at ancient Herculaneum studied using Near Infrared Reflectography

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1708-1716

  Falcone, L ^a   Bloisi, F ^a   Califano, V ^a   Pagano, M ^b   Vicari, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Molise   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Herculaneum; Inscription; Near Infrared Reflectography; Non destructive analysis; Whitewash

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; NEAR INFRARED; PHOTOGRAPHY;

DELLA;

EID: 41949110317     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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