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22 avril 2015
- doi: 10.4000/books.pcjb.565
- isbn: 9782903189846
- eisbn: 9782918887379
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Dr. Allan J. Hall et al., « The nature of Melian alumen and its potential for exploitation in antiquity », Publications du Centre Jean Bérard, ID : 10.4000/books.pcjb.565
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Introduction Melian alumen is one of the industrial minerals exploited in antiquity and is broadly categorised as an earth which includes Melian, Cimolian and Samian Earths (fig. 1) as well as sulfur (Photos-Jones et al. in review). These earths are differentiated from Industrial stone like marble, pumice and emery. The Aegean island of Melos was well known in antiquity for the industrial mineral ‘alumen’ as well as sulfur and Melian Earth. Our research has been geared to identifying these in...