Metal provenancing using isotopes and the Oxford archaeological lead isotope database (OXALID)

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-213

  Stos Gale, Zofia Anna ^a   Gale, Noël H ^b  

^a Ifold   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Bronze Age; Copper isotopes; Interpretation; Lead isotopes; Mediterranean; Metals trade; Methodology; Ore deposits; Provenance studies; Statistics; Tin isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956176035     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-009-0011-6     Document Type: Review

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