Rock magnetic, petrographic and dielectric characterization of prehistoric Amerindian potsherds from Venezuela

Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 717-736

  Torres, Myriam Andrea Rada ^a   Costanzo Álvarez, Vincenzo ^a   Aldana, Milagrosa ^a   Suárez, Nery ^a   Campos, Corina ^a   Mackowiak Antczak, Maria Magdalena ^a   Brandt, María Carmela ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b HALLIBURTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amerindian pottery; dielectric; petrographic; rock magnetism; TSDC

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC METHOD; ORGANIC MATTER; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 80255129264     PISSN: 00393169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11200-010-9021-1     Document Type: Article

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