Re-examining the Egyptian colonial encounter in Nubia through a compositional, mineralogical, and textural comparison of ceramics

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 785-797

  Carrano, Julia L ^a   Girty, Gary H ^b   Carrano, Carl J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Egypt; Geochemistry; Nubia; Petrography; X Ray fluorescence spectrometry

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; TEXTURE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AFRICA; NUBIA;

EID: 58149295500     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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