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Is a focus on 'recycling' useful? A wider look at metal mutability and the chemical character of copper alloys. [PDF]
Archaeometry, 2022 Abstract Recycling is increasingly visible in archaeological descriptions of technology. This has a range of benefits as we attempt to engage with the full complexity of the material past. However, this paper examines in more detail whether a singular focus on recycling is positive for archaeological science.
Bray P.
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New scientific analyses reveal mixing of copper sources in the early Iron Age metal production at Ili, western China. [PDF]
Archaeometry, 2022 Abstract The crucial role that Xinjiang played in cultural communication across the Eurasian steppe in prehistory is evidenced by the large number of copper‐based objects that represent the early metallurgical technologies found across this region. Our research adds new chemical and isotopic analyses of 44 copper‐based objects dated to the early Iron ...
Liu C +8 more
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Frontiers in Earth Science, 2021 Bronze Age Shang China is characterized by its large-scale production system and distinctive ritual world. Both are vividly materialized by a large number of bronze ritual vessels with added lead.
Ruiliang Liu +6 more
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Archaeometallurgy in Colombia: Recent Developments
Archaeology International, 2017 Marcos Martinon-Torres +3 more
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Investigations at “Chakherbaz Holes”, Western Iran, Kurdistan: A Possible Ancient Mining/Smelting Site [PDF]
Sustainable Earth Trends, 2023 Chakherbaz Holes are two contiguous semi-circular holes, one larger and more preserved than another, on siliciclastic base rocks, first identified as possible meteorite impact structures.
Sarem Amini +2 more
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Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration, 2022 This article reviews the Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volumes 2A, 2B, and 2C edited by Joyce C. White and Elizabeth G. Hamilton with the aim of bringing a new perspective to the understanding of archaeometallurgy in Anatolia.
Gonca Dardeniz
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Reconstruction of the Late Bronze Age Foundry Process in Greater Poland: Analyzes and Simulations. Case Study of Hoard from Przybysław [PDF]
Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2022 One of the most interesting categories of artifacts for archaeometallurgical research includes deposits of bronze items, so-called “metallurgists hoards”.
A. Garbacz-Klempka +7 more
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Investigation of archaeometallurgical findings from Felix Romuliana locality [PDF]
Journal of Mining and Metallurgy. Section B: Metallurgy, 2009 Remains of metallurgical activities have been discovered recently at the locality Felix Romuliana near Zaječar (Eastern Serbia), with a lot of slag occurrences and metal findings.
Živković D. +6 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 65, Issue 6, Page 1246-1259, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Iron has been one of the most critical technotraditions that had lasting impact on social formation throughout the Iron Age and historical period. Iron was used in warfare and subsistence economy. Our knowledge on ancient iron smelting and working have generally been derived from ethnography and ethnohistory, which is by all means, time ...
Nishkarsh Srivastava +5 more
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Archaeometry, Volume 65, Issue 3, Page 587-602, June 2023., 2023 Abstract This paper presents the results of analyses of metal artefacts discovered at a multiphase site in Nowe Brzesko, Małopolskie Voivodeship, Poland. Fieldwalking prospection led to the discovery of steely iron objects, ploughed out on the site among other numerous archeological finds.
C. Matthias Hüls +3 more
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