Analytical study of ancient pottery from the archaeological site of Aiani, northern Greece

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 292-302

  Iordanidis, A ^a   Garcia Guinea, J ^b   Karamitrou Mentessidi, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Archaeological Museum of Aiani   (Greece)

Author keywords

ESEM EDX; Potsherds; XRD; XRF

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; MINERALS; POLYMER BLENDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS;

ANALYTICAL APPROACHES; ANCIENT POTTERIES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; CERAMIC MATRIXES; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAYS; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ESEM/EDX; FIRING TEMPERATURES; GEHLENITE; MACEDONIA; NORTHERN GREECE; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POTSHERDS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCES; XRD; XRF;

X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 61449219925     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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