Evidence for a single clay/temper source for the manufacture of Middle and Late Helladic Aeginetan pottery from Asine, Greece

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 657-684

  Dorais, Michael J ^a   Lindblom, Michael ^b   Shriner, Christine M ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY; MANUFACTURING; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

AEGEAN SEA; ATTICA; CYCLADES; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METHANA; MILOS [CYCLADES]; MILOS [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SARONIKOS GULF; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 7444250747     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20017     Document Type: Article

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