Firing techniques of black slipped pottery from Nepal (12th-3rd century B.C.): The role of Mössbauer spectroscopy

Journal of Cultural Heritage

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-268

  Ricciardi, Paola ^a,b   Nodari, Luca ^c   Gualtieri, Sabrina ^a   De Simone, Daniela ^d   Fabbri, Bruno ^a   Russo, Umberto ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI L ORIENTALE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black slipped pottery; Firing technology; M ssbauer spectroscopy; Nepal; Reduction index

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049093465     PISSN: 12962074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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