Sheep wool in Bronze Age and Iron Age Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1224-1241

  Rast Eicher, Antoinette ^a   Jørgensen, Lise Bender ^b  

^a ArcheoTex   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Sheep breeding; Wool; Wool quality; Wool selection; Wool trade

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; BRONZE AGE; IRON AGE; PREHISTORIC; SHEEP; WOOL;

EUROPE;

EID: 84885479097     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.030     Document Type: Article

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