Two Early Chinese Bronze Weapons with Meteoritic Iron Blades

This paper details the examination of two early Chou Chinese bronze weapons which have remnants of iron blades. While the iron age in China began only in the late Spring and Autumn Annals period (ca. 600 B.C.) these blades date from ca. 10,000 B.C. The authors prove that the iron in these two blades is of meteoritic origin; the bronze was cast onto the iron blades. The objects are described. Radiographs, metallographs, microprobe traces, and chemical analyses are given, along with analyses and descriptions of other objects found in the same lot. 29 illustrations, 5 tables and bibliography. Contents: Introduction; the broad axe ( ch'i) 34.10; the dagger axe ( ko) 34.11; studies on the oxide residues of the iron blade and iron point; significance of the findings

Ancient history · Bronze · Metallurgy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Materials Science · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

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