The ball-on-three-ball test for tensile strength: Refined methodology and results for three hohokam ceramic types

American Antiquity

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 558-569

  Beck, Margaret E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 70450092977     PISSN: 00027316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1593826     Document Type: Article

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