Archaeometric analysis of the metal ornamentation of Late Bronze Age vessels and funnel-shaped pendants from the south-western Transdanubia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13145276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K Jankovits (0000-0002-3223-9038, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, corresponding author), Zoltán Szõkefalvi‐Nagy (0000-0001-7411-0075, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics), Zoltán Szőkefalvi-Nagy (HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics), Imre Kovács (0000-0002-0583-0500, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Publication date | 2024-07-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-5210 • E-ISSN: 1588-2551 |
| Publisher | Akadémiai Kiadó (PUBLISHER • HU) |
| DOI | 10.1556/072.2024.00012 |
| OpenAlex | W4400521447 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Vessels decorated with domed metal discs were extraordinarily rare and valuable commodities of the Late Bronze Age. Pottery adorned with bronze discs and tin first appeared in Hungary during the earlier Urnfield period (14th/13th century BC). A vessel adorned with three ring motifs inlaid with a high-tin alloy on its belly is known from Nagykanizsa-Bilkei-dűlő and a cup decorated with bronze domed discs was recovered from Grave 222 of the Vörs-Battyáni-Disznólegelő cemetery, both in southern Transdanubia. The decorative bronze discs similarly had a high tin content. The metal composition was analysed with particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) spectroscopy. Pendant ornaments of “white bronze”, an alloy with a high tin content, are principally known from southern Transdanubia: the elemental composition of two pendants with bird protomes from Grave 51 of the Vörs-Battyáni-Disznólegelő cemetery and of a funnel-shaped pendant from the Pamuk hoard were examined by PIXE for compositional make-up, which indicated a high tin content for all three. These pendants had been worn as adornments. Tin was an important raw material in the production of bronze. Most of the vessels decorated with bronze discs were brought to light in the late Urnfield cemetery uncovered at Budapest-Békásmegyer (boot- and amphora-shaped vessels, a feeding vessel, resin balls). It seems likely that these vessels had once served ritual purposes. Regrettably, they have not yet been submitted to PIXE analyses
Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Funnel · Geography · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Engineering · Geology · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |