Qadhat-a comparative study of ancient and new lime mortar from the Marib province/Yemen

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-94

  Weiss, Christian ^a   Gerlach, Iris ^b  

^a Institute of Paleontology   (Germany)

^b GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binder matrix; Lime mortar; Mortar; Qadhat; Volcanic material

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861733195     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-009-0007-2     Document Type: Article

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