Change in chemical composition of early Islamic glass excavated in Raya,Sinai Peninsula, Egypt: on-site analyses using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1698-1707

  Kato, N ^a   Nakai, I ^a   Shindo, Y ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b The Research Institute for Islamic Archaeology and Culture   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Egypt; Islamic glass; Natron glass; Raya; XRF analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLASS; ISLAMISM; SPECTROMETER; TYPOLOGY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

EID: 67349099564     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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