Querns and mills during Roman times at the northern frontier of the Roman Empire (Belgium, Northern France, Southern Netherlands, Western Germany): Unraveling geological and geographical provenances, a multidisciplinary research project

Querns and mills during Roman times at the northern frontier of the Roman Empire (Belgium, Northern France, Southern Netherlands, Western Germany): Unraveling geological and geographical provenances, a multidisciplinary research project

This paper presents the results of a multi-disciplinary provenance study of querns and millstones during the Roman period (1st-4th century CE) in the northern part of the Roman Empire (provinces of Gallia Belgica and Germania Inferior). Comparative petrographical, mineralogical and geochemical analy...

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Main Authors: Sibrecht Reniere, Wim De Clercq, Roland Dreesen, Eric Goemaere, Gilles Fronteau, Tatjana Gluhak, Else Hartoch, Paul Picavet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2016-10-01
Series:Journal of Lithic Studies
Subjects:
geoarchaeology
provenance study
millstone
querns
ground stone tools
Roman Empire
Online Access:http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1640

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http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/article/view/1640

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