Archaeometric analysis of the "Jehoash Inscription" tablet

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2966-2972

  Ilani, S ^a   Rosenfeld, A ^a   Feldman, H R ^b   Krumbein, W E ^c   Kronfeld, J ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaeometric; Gold globules; Jehoash Inscription; Microcolonial fungi; Patina

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SANDSTONE;

FUNGI; PATINA;

EID: 49649114286     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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