A Provenance Study of Early Bronze Age Artefacts Found in Asturias (Spain) by Means of Metal Impurities and Lead, Copper and Antimony Isotopic Compositions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8352104 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Reguera‐Galan (Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry University of Oviedo Julían Clavería, 8 33006 Oviedo Spain), Aida Reguera-Galan (Universidad de Oviedo), T Barreiro‐Grille (Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry University of Oviedo Julían Clavería, 8 33006 Oviedo Spain), Mariella Moldovan (0000-0001-9680-8474, Universidad de Oviedo), Lara Lobo (0000-0001-5342-223X, Universidad de Oviedo), Miguel Ángel De Blas Cortina (Universidad de Oviedo), J Ignacio García Alonso (0000-0002-8356-3866, Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry University of Oviedo Julían Clavería, 8 33006 Oviedo Spain, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 683-700 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeometry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/arcm.12445 |
| OpenAlex | W2905574038 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 47 |
We describe here the first combined isotopic and impurities study on 27 copper artefacts found in the north‐west of Spain. This study follows previous studies on the lead isotopic composition of copper ores in three local mines that were exploited during the Bronze Age. The levels of impurities found were clearly different from ingots and axes, with ingots having much higher levels of impurities. It was not possible to differentiate the origin of the artefacts only by the impurities present. On the other hand, the lead isotopic composition indicated that all artefacts were prepared from local ores, the ‘La Profunda’ mine being the most probable source for most artefacts that carried out a clear radiogenic lead signature. The copper isotopic composition seemed to be able to differentiate artefacts from the ‘El Aramo’ mine from those from the ‘El Milagro’ and ‘La Profunda’ mines. On the other hand, the antimony isotopic signature was not useful for source allocation
Antimony · Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Copper · Geochemistry · Geography · Impurity · Isotope · Isotopic signature · Mantle (geology) · Metallurgy · Mineralogy · Provenance · Radiogenic nuclide · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis · Geology · Materials Science
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |