Lithic technology and obsidian exchange networks in Bronze Age Nuragic Sardinia (Italy)

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-164

  Freund, Kyle P ^a   Tykot, Robert H ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Italy; Nuragic culture; Obsidian; Sardinia; Typologies; X ray fluorescence (XRF)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873042092     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-010-0047-7     Document Type: Article

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