Iberian ceramic production from Basti (Baza, Spain): First geochemical, mineralogical and textural characterization

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 340-363

  Cultrone, G ^a   Molina, E ^a   Grifa, C ^b   Sebastian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basti; Firing temperature; Geochemistry; Iberian ceramic; Raw material provenance

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PROVENANCE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

SPAIN;

EID: 79952785300     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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