The trading of ancient glass beads: New analytical data from South Asian and East African soda-alumina glass beads

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 797-821

  Dussubieux, L ^a   Kusimba, C M ^a   Gogte, V ^b   Kusimba, S B ^c   Gratuze, B ^d   Oka, R ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

^c NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Bead; Composition; Glass; India; Kenya; LA ICP MS; Sri Lanka; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARCHAEOLOGY; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; INDIA; KENYA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 64649099102     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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