Bulk stable carbon and deuterium isotope analyses of bitumen artifacts from Hacinebi Tepe, Turkey: reconstructing broad economic patterns of the Uruk expansion

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3144-3158

  Schwartz, Mark ^a   Hollander, David ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitumen; Hacinebi; Isotope analyses; Uruk expansion

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ASPHALTENE; BITUMEN; BULK DENSITY; CARBON; DEUTERIUM; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANATOLIA; ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MESOPOTAMIA; MIDDLE EAST; TURKEY;

EID: 51249109259     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.06.021     Document Type: Article

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