An interim investigation of the potential of vibrational spectroscopy for the dating of cultural objects in ivory

ArcheoSciences

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-165

  O'Connor, Sonia ^a   Edwards, Howell G M ^a   Ali, Esam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dating; FTIR spectroscopy; ivory; mammoth; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995632322     PISSN: 19601360     EISSN: 21043728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/archeosciences.3091     Document Type: Article

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