Razors, horse bits or axes; search of the different composition in common use bronze Villanovan objects (VIII-VII century B.C., Italy) by multivariate analysis

Current Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Visco, G ^a   Ridolfi, S ^b   Plattner, S H ^a   Gigante, G E ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ars Mensurae   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alloy composition; Ancient bronze; Bronze use; Casters technique; Chemometry

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

ALLOY COMPOSITIONS; ANCIENT BRONZE; BRONZE USE; CASTER TECHNIQUE; CENTRAL ITALY; CHEMOMETRY; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; DAILY USE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; PORTABLE ENERGY;

BRONZE;

EID: 77950119825     PISSN: 15734110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341110790069574     Document Type: Article

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