Aeneolithic jadeitite axes from western Slovakia: Raw material and transportation aspects

Archaologisches Korrespondenzblatt

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  Hovorka, Dušan ^a   Spišiak, Ján ^b   Mikuš, Tomáš ^c  

^a The Philosopher University in Nitra Geoinformatics and Regional Development   (Slovakia)

^b MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Axe; Jadeite; Lengyel culture; Western Slovakia

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249244183     PISSN: 0342734X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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