Petrographic and geochemical analysis on the provenance of the Middle Bronze and Late Bronze/Early Iron Age ceramics from Didi Gora and Udabno I, Eastern Georgia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2463-2474

  Kibaroǧlu, Mustafa ^a   Satir, Muharrem ^a   Kastl, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancient ceramics; Ceramic petrography; Eastern Georgia; Provenance study; X ray fluorescence analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; CERAMICS; CLAY; GEOCHEMISTRY; IRON AGE; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; PROVENANCE TRIAL; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); WEST ASIA;

EID: 68349104947     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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