Macroscopic, petrographic and XRD analysis of Middle Neolithic figulina pottery from central Dalmatia

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 350-358

  Teoh, Melissa L ^a,b   McClure, Sarah B ^c   Podrug, Emil ^d  

^a Oregon Parks and Recr Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ibenik City Museum   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Croatia; Danilo culture complex; Figulina; Middle Neolithic; Petrographic analysis; XRD

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; NEOLITHIC; PETROGRAPHY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; MATERIAL CULTURE; SOCIAL HISTORY; VILLAGE;

CROATIA; DALMATIA; ISTRIA;

EID: 84906056592     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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