From textiles to sheep: Investigating wool fibre development in pre-Roman Italy using scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3643-3661

  Gleba, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological textile; Fibre; Italy; SEM; Sheep; Wool

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; IRON AGE; ROMAN ERA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; WOOL;

ITALY;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84865027739     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.06.021     Document Type: Article

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