LAte Roman Glass From The 'great Temple' At Petra And Khirbet Et-Tannur, Jordan-Technology And Provenance

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 997-1022

  Schibille, N ^a   Degryse, P ^b   O'Hea, M ^c   Izmer, A ^d   Vanhaecke, F ^d   Mckenzie, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimony; Colourless glass; Epma; Himt; Khirbet et tannur; La Icp Ms; LAte roman; Levantine I; Manganese; Nabataean; Petra; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; CHRONOLOGY; GLASS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; MANGANESE; PROVENANCE; RECYCLING; ROMAN ERA; TRACE ELEMENT;

JORDAN; MAAN; PETRA;

EID: 84869867282     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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