An Archaeo-metallurgical study of the early and middle bronze age in Luristan, Iran

Iranica Antiqua

Volumn 43, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-66

  Begemann, Friedrich ^a   Haerinck, Ernie ^b   Overlaet, Bruno ^b   Schmitt Strecker, Sigrid ^a   Tallon, Françoise ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Musee du Louvre   (France)

Author keywords

Bronze age; Iran; Lead isotopy; Luristan; Metallurgy; Provenance study

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952547502     PISSN: 00210870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/IA.43.0.2024041     Document Type: Article

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