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LEAD ISOTOPE APPROACH TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF EARLY JAPANESE BRONZE CULTURE
Author(s) -
MABUCHI H.,
HIRAO Y.,
NISHIDA M.
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.tb00358.x
Subject(s) - bronze , archaeology , provenance , bronze age , lead (geology) , history , geology , paleontology
For several years, the authors have used lead isotope analysis to investigate extensively the provenance of ancient bronze or copper artifacts which had been excavated mainly from Japanese archaeological sites. The results have been published item by item in several relevant Japanese journals. This review is intended to give an account which will review the whole work relating early Japanese bronze culture to Chinese and Korean cultures through lead isotope study.