PIXE analysis and provenance study of archaeological potsherds from West Africa
β Scribed by P. Fontes; I. Brissaud; G. Lagarde; J. Leblanc; A. Person; J.-F. Saliege; Ch. Heitz
- Book ID
- 113276552
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 430 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-583X
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