THe Evaporitic Deposits Of Lake Fazda (Wadi Natrun, Egypt) And Their Use In Roman Glass Production

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 916-929

  Shortland, A J ^a   Degryse, P ^b   Walton, M ^c   Geer, M ^d   Lauwers, V ^b   Salou, L ^e  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Burkeite; Egypt; Glass making; Lake fazda; Natron; Wadi natrun

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; EVAPORITE; GLASS; SULFATE;

BEHEIRA; EGYPT; WADI NATRUN;

EID: 80052531602     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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