New light on old pumice: the origins of Mediterranean volcanic material from ancient Egypt

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1738-1744

  Sterba, Johannes H ^a   Foster, Karen Polinger ^b   Steinhauser, Georg ^a   Bichler, Max ^a  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze Age trade; Minoan eruption; Neutron Activation Analysis; Pumice; Santorini

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PUMICE; TRADE FLOW; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

CYCLADAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67349086578     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.03.031     Document Type: Article

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