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Archaeological Ivories: A Challenge for Analytical Raman Spectroscopy

Howell G. M. Edwards, Sonia O’Connor

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Ivory is a generic term applied to the larger teeth and tusks of terrestrial and marine mammals such as the African elephant (both the savannah elephant Loxodonta africana and the forest elephant Loxodonta cyclotis), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), mammoth (Mammuthus sp.), hippopotamus (Hippopotam...

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Key concepts: Elephas, African elephant, Asian elephant, Hippopotamus, Mammoth, Archaeology, Geography, Elephant seal