Direct evidence of primary glass production in late bronze age amarna, Egypt

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-80

  Smirniou, M ^a   Rehren, Th ^b  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amarna; Egypt; Electron Microprobe Analysis; Glass; Glass Making; Late Bronze Age

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLASS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EGYPT;

EID: 78650242582     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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