Provenance determination of archaeological metal objects

Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective: Methods and Syntheses

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 239-268

  Pernicka, Ernst ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b University of Tübingen and Curt Engelhorn Zentrum Archäometrie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; Lead isotopes; Ore deposits; Provenance; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922319893     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9017-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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