Isotopic evidence for the primary production, provenance and trade of late bronze age glass in the mediterranean

Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-24

  Henderson, J ^a   Evans, J ^b   Nikita, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glass; Isotopes; Production; Provenance; Technology; Trade

Indexed keywords

BRONZE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; ISOTOPES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSE; EGYPTIANS; GLASS VESSEL; GLASSES IN; LATE BRONZE AGE; MESOPOTAMIA; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROVENANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TRACE ELEMENTS CONCENTRATION;

GLASS;

EID: 77957030438     PISSN: 11089628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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