CHemical Analysis Of Glass Beads From Medieval Al-Basra (Morocco)

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-379

  RobeRtshaw, P ^a   Benco, N ^b   Wood, M ^c   Dussubieux, L ^d   Melchiorre, E ^a   Ettahiri, A ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e Institut National des Sciences de l'Archeologie et du Patrimoine   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bead; Glass; Islamic; LA ICP MS; Medieval; Morocco; Trade

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDIEVAL; MORPHOLOGY; SILICA;

MOROCCO;

EID: 77953757687     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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