Tracking Alpine copper – analysis of Late Bronze Age copper ingot hoard from South Bohemia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12210%2F20%3A43902269" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12210/20:43902269 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/61389005:_____/20:00533934 RIV/00216275:25110/20:39916199

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12520-020-01186-z.pdf" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12520-020-01186-z.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01186-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12520-020-01186-z</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Tracking Alpine copper – analysis of Late Bronze Age copper ingot hoard from South Bohemia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

We present the results of a complex archaeometric study of Late Bronze Age copper ingots from the Staré Hodějovice hoard (South Bohemia). In order to understand the origin of the copper and describe the metallurgical process, we use modern analytical methods (metallography analyses, major/trace element and lead isotope analyses) to describe the samples. Within this study, a representative dataset of trace element composition and lead isotope ratios of non-alloyed and non-recycled corpus of copper ingots from the Late Bronze Age was created. We assume that most of the ingots were not altered by alloying, mixing or recycling. Based on lead isotope ratios and major/trace element composition, we uppose that the origin of the copper could be mostly Alpine ores from the Trentino and Mitterberg regions and possibly the Valais region. By this study, it was proved that copper smelted by a matte smelting process was transported in the form of flat or plano-convex ingots from multiple sources to South Bohemia, where it was subsequently refined and alloyed. Obtained analytical results refute the idea of prevailing copper recycling in the Late Bronze Age.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Tracking Alpine copper – analysis of Late Bronze Age copper ingot hoard from South Bohemia

Popis výsledku anglicky

We present the results of a complex archaeometric study of Late Bronze Age copper ingots from the Staré Hodějovice hoard (South Bohemia). In order to understand the origin of the copper and describe the metallurgical process, we use modern analytical methods (metallography analyses, major/trace element and lead isotope analyses) to describe the samples. Within this study, a representative dataset of trace element composition and lead isotope ratios of non-alloyed and non-recycled corpus of copper ingots from the Late Bronze Age was created. We assume that most of the ingots were not altered by alloying, mixing or recycling. Based on lead isotope ratios and major/trace element composition, we uppose that the origin of the copper could be mostly Alpine ores from the Trentino and Mitterberg regions and possibly the Valais region. By this study, it was proved that copper smelted by a matte smelting process was transported in the form of flat or plano-convex ingots from multiple sources to South Bohemia, where it was subsequently refined and alloyed. Obtained analytical results refute the idea of prevailing copper recycling in the Late Bronze Age.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LM2015056" target="_blank" >LM2015056: Centrum urychlovačů a jaderných analytických metod</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

ISSN

1866-9557

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

12

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

1-21

Kód UT WoS článku

000571778500002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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