Analytical approach for the study of archaeological ivory elephant tusks from the Site of Jinsha (1200-650 BC, Sichuan, China);Approche analytique pour l'étude des ivoires archéologiques. Les défenses d'éléphant du site de Jinsha (1200-650 BC, Sichuan, Chine)

ArcheoSciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-177

  Large, Dounia ^a,b   Müller, Katharina ^a   Reiche, Ina ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

alteration; elephant; ivory; Jinsha site; microCT; PIXE; SEM; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995603133     PISSN: 19601360     EISSN: 21043728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/archeosciences.3103     Document Type: Article

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