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For Whom the Bells Fall: Metals from the C enote S agrado, C hichén I tzá
Author(s) -
Cockrell B.,
Ruvalcaba Sil J. L.,
Ortiz Díaz E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
archaeometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.716
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1475-4754
pISSN - 0003-813X
DOI - 10.1111/arcm.12147
Subject(s) - copper , fabrication , optical microscope , metallurgy , materials science , crystallography , chemistry , mineralogy , analytical chemistry (journal) , scanning electron microscope , composite material , environmental chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Bells of copper and copper alloys and gold–copper alloys were deposited in events at the C enote S agrado at C hichén I tzá, M exico during the site's primary occupation ( ad 750–1050) and in later centuries. Housed in three museums in the U nited S tates and M exico, bells (n = 38) were evaluated for traces of fabrication and alteration using V is– UV – IR optical microscopy. Bulk compositions were determined through p‐ ED ‐ XRF . Phases and compositional variation by depth were characterized through XRD and RBS . The technological styles of bell groups were ascribed to communities of metallurgical practice, from W est and C entral M exico to C osta R ica and P anama.