Ivory artifacts, ancient Near Eastern

Baer, N. S. and N. Indictor (1974), Chemical investigations of ancient Near Eastern archaeology ivory artifacts, in Beck, C. W. (ed.), Archaeological Chemistry, Advances in Chemistry Series, Vol. 1, ACS, Washington, DC, pp. 241-251. 

Chemical Investigations of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeological Ivory Artifacts... 

Ancient Near Eastern Ivory Artifacts III. Fluorine and Nitrogen Composition, Adv. Chem. Ser. (1978) 171,139. 

Tn a recent study we examined samples taken from ivory artifacts exca-vated at Hasanlu, Acem Hiiyiik, and Nimrud. Elemental analyses were obtained for carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen (I). The results for specimens of known provenance were used to develop preliminary criteria for Ancient Near Eastern archaeological ivory artifacts of uncertain provenance. The useful results obtained in that work suggested an extension of similar observations to other excavation sites in the Ancient Near East (Megiddo and Khorsabad). The range of analyses was extended to include fluorine. 

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