%0 Journal Article %A Rösch, Cordelia %A Hock, Rainer %A Schüssler, Ulrich %A Yule, Paul %A Hannibal, Anne %D 1997 %F propylaeumdok:305 %J European Journal of Mineralogy %K archaeometry, beads, Oman, Sri Lanka, glass weathering, garnet %R 10.11588/propylaeumdok.00000305 %T Electron Microprobe Analysis and X-ray Diffraction Methods in Archaeometry: Investigations on Pre-Islamic Beads from the Sultanate of Oman %U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/305/ %V 9 %X Beads from graves of the Samad Assemblage, Sultanate of Oman and from an ancient crafts quarter of the old kingdom of Ruhana, in Sri Lanka, were investigated using electron analysis and X-ray powder diffraction. Both experimental methods were optimized toward non-destructive analysis.