A COmbined Multi-Analytical Approach For The Study Of Roman Glass From South-West Iberia: Synchrotron Μ-Xrf, External-Pixe/Pige And Bsem-Eds

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 974-996

  Schiavon, N ^a   Candeias, A ^a   Ferreira, T ^a   Da Conceicao Lopes M ^b   Carneiro, A ^a   Calligaro, T ^c   Mirao, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Bsem+Eds; Pixe Pige; ROman glass; South West iberia; Sr xrf

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GLASS; HELIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ROMAN ERA; TRACE ELEMENT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84869883571     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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