Painted plaster from Bronze Age Thebes, Boeotia (Greece): a technological study

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2761-2769

  Brysbaert, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze Age Thebes (Greece); Painted plaster; Scientific analysis; Technology

Indexed keywords

ART; BRONZE AGE; CALCITE; ICONOGRAPHY; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNOLOGY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

BOEOTIA; CENTRAL GREECE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THEBES;

EID: 47949108149     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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