Provenance of the sandstone used in the construction of the khmer monuments in thailand

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 550-574

  Uchida, E ^a   Ito, K ^a   Shimizu, N ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angkor monuments; Khmer monuments; Provenance; Sandstone; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION; MONUMENT; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE;

KHORAT PLATEAU; NORTHEASTERN REGION; THAILAND;

EID: 77955219940     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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