Differentiation of ceramic chemical element composition and vessel morphology at a pottery production center in Roman Galilee

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2517-2530

  Adan Bayewitz, D ^a   Karasik, A ^b,c   Smilansky, U ^b   Asaro, F ^d   Giauque, R D ^d   Lavidor, R ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical element composition; Intrasite differentiation; Kefar Hananya; Pottery production; Roman period; Vessel morphology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; SHAPE ANALYSIS; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; GALILEE; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

EID: 69749087304     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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