Accessing past beliefs and practices: The case of lemnian earth

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1034-1049

  Hall, A J ^a   Photos Jones, E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Analytical Services for Art and Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aegean; Alum; Classical antiquity; Earth; Lemnos; Medicine; Montmorillonite; Post medieval

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CLAY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57049187100     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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