Use and Trade of Bitumen in Antiquity and Prehistory: Molecular Archaeology Reveals Secrets of Past Civilizations [and Discussion]
Natural asphalt (or bitumen) deposits, oil seepage and liquid oil shows are widespread in the Middle East, especially in the Zagros mountains of Iran. Ancient people from northern Iraq, south-west Iran and the Dead Sea area extensively used this ubiquitous natural resource until the Neolithic period...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences. - The Royal Society. - 354(1999), 1379, Seite 33-50 |
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1999
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences |
| Schlagworte: | Bitumen Antiquity Prehistory Biomarker Balms Egyptian mummies Applied sciences Biological sciences Social sciences Health sciences |
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