Rice temper: Technological solutions and source identification in the Indian Ocean

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 360-366

  Tomber, Roberta ^a   Cartwright, Caroline ^a   Gupta, Sunil ^b  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b Motilal Nehru Park   (India)

Author keywords

Early Historic; Indian Ocean; Pottery; Red Sea; Rice husk temper; Roman; Trade

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; RICE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GUJARAT; INDIA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 78649515765     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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