Pottery production and distribution in prehistoric Bronze Age Cyprus. An application of pXRF analysis

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1380-1387

  Frankel, David ^a   Webb, Jennifer M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Ceramic analysis; Cyprus; Pottery production; PXRF

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CERAMICS; PREHISTORIC; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84857116737     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.12.032     Document Type: Article

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