The character and use of the Soros Hill Obsidian source, Antiparos (Greece)

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 595-602

  Carter, Tristan ^a   Contreras, Daniel A ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aegean; Antiparos; Characterisation; EDXRF; Obsidian

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; OBSIDIAN;

ANATOLIA; GREECE; TURKEY;

EID: 84870500218     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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