Complementary compositional analysis of formative period ceramics from the teotihuacan valley

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 821-834

  Alex, B A ^a   Nichols, D L ^b   Glascock, M D ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramics; INAA; LA ICP MS; Petrography; SR Isotopes; Teotihuacan valley

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLASSIC PERIOD; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PETROGRAPHY;

MEXICO [MEXICO (NTN)]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TEOTIHUACAN;

EID: 84866279932     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00652.x     Document Type: Article

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