Lead pigments and related tools at Akrotiri, Thera, Greece. Provenance and application techniques

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1830-1840

  Sotiropoulou, S ^a   Perdikatsis, V ^b   Apostolaki, Ch ^b   Karydas, A G ^c,d   Devetzi, A ^e   Birtacha, K ^e  

^a The Ormylia Foundation   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Greece)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e Excavations at Akrotiri   (Greece)

Author keywords

Akrotiri Thera, Greece; Bronze Age; Lead cosmetic pigments; Litharge; Stone grinding tools; X ray diffraction; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; LEAD; PROVENANCE; STONE AGE;

CYCLADAS; GREECE; SANTORIN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

THERA;

EID: 77954142428     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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