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Comment on ‘Did China Import Metals from Africa in the Bronze Age?’
Author(s) -
Sun W.D.,
Zhang L.P.,
Guo J.,
Li C.Y.,
Jiang Y.H.,
Zhang Z.F.
Publication year - 2018
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.12412
Subject(s) - provenance , bronze , isotope , china , bronze age , lead (geology) , geology , metallurgy , archaeology , ancient history , geochemistry , history , materials science , physics , paleontology , nuclear physics
Lead isotope compositions provide a direct means of assessing provenance. The lead contents in bronzes cannot be used to argue against lead isotopes. Any claim for the origin of the source material for the origin of Yin‐Shang bronzes must satisfy the measured lead isotope compositions. Thus far, only southern African sources are found to meet this criteria.