569
Title Of Article Chaper
Nature and source of the Gandhara sculptural schist
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of archaeological science
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
25-28
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
No definite source localities have been identified for the stones used by the Gandharan sculptors, but it is considered that the predominant rock was an alumina-rich chloritoidparagonite-muscovite-quartz schist, probably from Swat. A chemical analysis of this rock is presented.
Keywords
Sculpture, stone; Stone, analysis; Stone, analysis elemental; Stone, microscopy petrography; Stone, quarry identification; Stone, schist; Rock, analysis; Rock, petrography microscopy; Rock, sculpture; Analysis, chemical; Spectroscopy, x ray fluorescence; Spectroscopy, atomic absorption; Electron, probe ICCROM
pub_id
569