Supply routes and the consumption of glass in first millennium CE Butrint (Albania)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2939-2948

  Schibille, Nadine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butrint; Egypt II glass; EPMA; HIMT; Roman glass; Secondary glass making; Trade

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHRONOLOGY; GLASS; TRADE FLOW;

ALBANIA;

EID: 80052285366     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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