The rise of arsenical copper in Southeastern Iran

Iranica Antiqua

Volumn 45, Issue , 2010, Pages 31-50

  Thornton, Christopher P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenical copper; Chalcolithic; Steatite; Technological change; Tepe Yahya

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958031152     PISSN: 00210870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/IA.45.0.2047118     Document Type: Review

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