Copper alloys from the 'Enot shuni cemetery and the origins of bronze metallurgy in the EB IV - MB II levant

Archaeometry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 663-690

  Kaufman, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze archaeometallurgy; Cultural ecology; EB IV MB II levant; SEM EDS

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CEMETERY; COPPER; CULTURE; METALLURGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

LEVANT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 84879422784     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2012.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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