A Study of Lead Ingot Cargoes from Ancient Mediterranean Shipwrecks

Lead is often relegated to a footnote or sidebar in the study of ancient metals. However, the hundreds of lead ingots discovered in underwater sites over the past half-century have attested to the widespread production and trade of this utilitarian metal. Shipwreck sites allow independent dating evi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Heather Gail
Other Authors: Carlson, Deborah N.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-10126