Minerals provide tints and possible binder/extender in pigments in San rock paintings (South Africa)

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-304

  Arocena, Joselito M ^a   Hall, Kevin ^a,b   Meiklejohn, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINOSILICATE; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PIGMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 52649142004     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20215     Document Type: Article

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