Occupation surfaces sealed by the Avellino eruption of vesuvius at the early bronze age village of Afragola in southern italy: A micromorphological analysis

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 437-466

  Matarazzo, Tiziana ^a   Berna, Francesco ^b   Goldberg, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; BRONZE AGE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OCCUPATION; PRESERVATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AVELLINO; CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

EID: 77954466977     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20319     Document Type: Article

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