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PALAEOCLIMATIC IDENTIFICATION BASED ON AN ISOTOPE STUDY OF TRAVERTINE FROM THE COPPER AGE SITE AT LOS MILLARES, SOUTH‐EASTERN SPAIN *
Author(s) -
CAPEL J.,
REYES E.,
DELGADO A.,
NUÑEZ R.,
MOLINA F.
Publication year - 1998
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.1475-4754.1998.tb00832.x
Subject(s) - aqueduct , settlement (finance) , geology , copper , copper mine , isotope , archaeology , geography , metallurgy , materials science , physics , quantum mechanics , world wide web , computer science , payment
Remains of an aqueduct from the Copper Age settlement of Los Millares have been studied. The isotope results (—7‰ < δ 18 O — 5.3‰) show that the aqueduct was used to transport fresh water at room temperature. The results are inconsistent with the aqueduct being used for hot water transport or as a container for water exposed to evaporation processes. Both isotopic and mineralogical results were useful in identifying the origin and use of building materials and also in determining climatic conditions during the time of the settlement occupation.