Obsidian use in the mosaic of the St. Juvenal church, Narni (Italy): Chemical characterization and origin

Heritage Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Avino, Pasquale ^a   Moioli, Pietro ^b   Rosada, Alberto ^b   Seccaroni, Claudio ^b  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

INAA; Medieval glass; Mosaic; Obsidian; XRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894480633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-7445-1-17     Document Type: Article

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