Provenancing of lightweight volcanic stones used in ancient roman concrete vaulting: Evidence from turkey and tunisia

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 949-961

  Lancaster, L C ^a   Sottili, G ^b   Marra, F ^c   Ventura, G ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceyhan; Cilicia; Concrete Vault; Osmaniye; Pantelleria; Pumice; Sardinia; Scoria; Trade Routes; Tunisia; Turkey; Xrf

Indexed keywords

CONCRETE STRUCTURE; PROVENANCE; PUMICE; THRUST; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANO;

ITALY; TUNISIA; TURKEY;

EID: 78650454684     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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