A funerary rite study of the Phoenician-Punic necropolis of Mount Sirai (Sardinia, Italy)

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-157

  Piga, G ^a   Guirguis, M ^b   Bartoloni, P ^b   Malgosa, A ^a   Enzo, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burned bones; Funerary rite; Infra red spectroscopy (FT IR); Phoenician Punic necropolis; Powder X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952312834     PISSN: 1047482X     EISSN: 10991212     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oa.1012     Document Type: Article

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