Evidence for the trade of Mesopotamian and Egyptian glass to Mycenaean Greece

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1496-1503

  Walton, M S ^a   Shortland, A ^b   Kirk, S ^b   Degryse, P ^c  

^a GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Egypt; Glass; LA ICP TOFMS; Late Bronze Age; Mesopotamia; Mycenaean Greece

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; COBALT; COPPER; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; TRADE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MESOPOTAMIA; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

NESOVITREA BINNEYANA;

EID: 67349172934     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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