An analysis of Late Pre-Islamic copper-base artefacts from Ed Dur, U.A.E

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 240-252

  Weeks, Lloyd R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COPPER; MANUFACTURING; MATERIAL CULTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ED DUR; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UMM AL QAYWAYN [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORLD;

EID: 8644240880     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2004.00249.x     Document Type: Article

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