Non-destructive analysis of amber artefacts from the prehistoric Cioclovina hoard (Romania)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2386-2396

  Teodor, E S ^a   Teodor, E D ^b   Virgolici, M ^c   Manea, M M ^c   Truica G ^b   Litescu S C ^b  

^a Romanian National History Museum   (Romania)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Romania)

^c HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

Archaeological prehistoric amber; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy variable angle reflectance; Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy; Multivariate data analysis; Romanian amber

Indexed keywords

AMBER; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; DATING METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORM; IRON AGE; PREHISTORIC; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; ROMANIA;

EID: 77955270048     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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