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MEDIEVAL COPPER ALLOY PRODUCTION AND WEST AFRICAN BRONZE ANALYSES ‐ PART I
Author(s) -
CRADDOCK P. T.
Publication year - 1985
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/j.1475-4754.1985.tb00344.x
Subject(s) - bronze , copper , provenance , metallurgy , copper alloy , alloy , zinc , bronze age , ancient history , archaeology , materials science , geology , geography , history , geochemistry
The uses made of analyses of copper alloys from West Africa are critically discussed in relation to the techniques by which metal was produced in contemporary Europe and Islamic lands. The conclusions of this study are that it is likely to be very difficult to provenance the metal source, or date the artifact by composition except in the rare case of high zinc brasses. Some analyses of European copper alloys, manillas and further samples from Igbu‐Ukwu are given.