The source of obsidian artefacts found at East Chia Sabz, Western Iran

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3804-3809

  Darabi, Hojjat ^a   Glascock, Michael D ^b  

^a RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

East Chia Sabz; Iran; Neutron activation analysis; Obsidian; Turkey; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; OBSIDIAN; POINT SOURCE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

IRAN;

EID: 84879510250     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.022     Document Type: Article

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