Iron Age hydraulic plaster from Tell es-Safi/Gath, Israel

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3000-3009

  Regev, Lior ^a   Zukerman, Alexander ^b   Hitchcock, Louise ^c   Maeir, Aren M ^d   Weiner, Steve ^a   Boaretto, Elisabetta ^a,d  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b W F Albright Institute of Archaeological Research   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aegean; Hydraulic plaster; Iron Age; Israel; Philistia; Tell es Safi Gath

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HEATING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IRON AGE; MORTAR; PREHISTORIC; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ISRAEL;

EID: 77957228176     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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