ICP-MS analysis of glass fragments of Parthian and Sasanian epoch from Seleucia and Veh Ardašīr (Central Iraq)

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 429-450

  Mirti, P ^a   Pace, M ^a   Negro Ponzi, M M ^a   Aceto, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glass; ICP Mass spectrometry; Iraq; Parthian; Reflectance spectroscopy; Sasanian; Seleucia; Technology; Veh Arda r

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CALCIUM; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGNESIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTASSIUM; REFLECTANCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 43049103491     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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