Tin isotopy - a new method for solving old questions

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 816-832

  Haustein, M ^a   Gillis, C ^b   Pernicka, E ^a,c  

^a University of Tübingen and Curt Engelhorn Zentrum Archäometrie   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Cornwall; Erzgebirge; Greece; Himmelsscheibe (Sky Disc) of Nebra; Multicollector Mass Spectrometry; Prehistoric Bronze; Prehistoric Tin; Tin Isotopy; Tin Placers

Indexed keywords

BRONZE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; ORE DEPOSIT; PREHISTORIC; PROVENANCE; TIN;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; ERZGEBIRGE MOUNTAINS; GREECE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955602604     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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