XRF analysis of glass beads from the Mycenaean palace of Nestor at Pylos, Peloponnesus, Greece: New insight into the LBA glass trade

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2889-2896

  Polikreti, Kyriaki ^a   Murphy, Joanne M A ^b   Kantarelou, Vasilike ^c   Karydas, Andreas Germanos ^c,d  

^a Ministry of Culture Greece   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Greece)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ancient glass provenance; Late Bronze Age glass; Mycenaean trade; XRF

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; COBALT; COPPER; GLASS; PROVENANCE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

GREECE; PELOPONNESE;

NESTOR;

EID: 80052280067     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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