A spectroscopic investigation of pigment and ceramic samples from Copán, Honduras

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-109

  Goodall, R A ^a   Hall, J ^b   Viel, R ^c   Fredericks, P M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Copán Formative Project ^*  (Honduras)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR; Ceramics; Cop n; Maya; Micro Raman spectroscopy; Pigments; Sem

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HEMATITE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PIGMENT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COPAN; HONDURAS;

EID: 58549103342     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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