Isotopes on the beach, part 2: Neodymium isotopic analysis for the provenancing of roman glass-making

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-464

  Brems, D ^a   Ganio, M ^a   Latruwe, K ^b   Balcaen, L ^b   Carremans, M ^a   Gimeno, D ^c   Silvestri, A ^d   Vanhaecke, F ^b   Muchez, P ^a   Degryse, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beach sand; Isotopes; Natron glass; Neodymium; Provenance studies; Raw materials; Roman; Western mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BEACH; GLASS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PROVENANCE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84875811558     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00701.x     Document Type: Article

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