Lead isotopic analysis within a multiproxy approach to trace pottery sources. The example of White Slip II sherds from Late Bronze Age sites in Cyprus and Syria

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 220-234

  Renson, V ^a   Martinez Cortizas A ^b   Mattielli, N ^c   Coenaerts, J ^a   Sauvage, C ^d   De Vleeschouwer, F ^e   Lorre, C ^f   Vanhaecke, F ^g   Bindler, R ^h   Rautman, M ⁱ   Nys, K ^a   Claeys, Ph ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Université de Toulouse   (France)

^f Musée d Archéologie nationale   (France)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ Department of Art History and Archaeology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOURCES; DIFFERENT ORIGINS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LATE BRONZE AGE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MULTIPROXY APPROACH; PB ISOTOPES; POTTERY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION SITES; PROVENANCE STUDIES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRACE ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BROACHES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; CLAY; GABBRO; HISTORICAL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

CYPRUS; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

PANDANUS TECTORIUS;

EID: 84871932208     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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