Microarchaeology of a collective burial: Cova des Pas (Minorca)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1119-1126

  Cabanes, Dan ^a   Albert, Rosa Maria ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burial cave; FTIR; Minorca; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GYPSUM; PHYTOLITH; PRESERVATION; SODIUM;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SPAIN;

EID: 79952188494     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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