Micromorphological and geochemical investigation of formation processes in the refectory at the castle of margat (Qal'at al-Marqab), syria

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 451-459

  Shillito, Lisa Marie ^a   Major, Balázs ^c   Almond, Matthew ^b   Anderson, Emma ^b   Pluskowski, Aleks ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Crusades; Formation processes; Margat; Micromorphology; Syria; Use of space

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MONUMENT; ARCHAEOLOGY; DEGRADATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; MEDIEVAL;

SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 84931261200     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.07.031     Document Type: Article

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