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LEAD ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF COPPER ORES FROM THE SIERRA EL ARAMO (ASTURIAS, SPAIN)*
Author(s) -
HUELGASUAREZ G.,
MOLDOVAN M.,
SUÁREZ FERNÁNDEZ M.,
DE BLAS CORTINA M. ÁNGEL,
VANHAECKE F.,
GARCÍA ALONSO J. I.
Publication year - 2012
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.1475-4754.2011.00635.x
Subject(s) - malachite , copper , lead (geology) , isotope analysis , geology , archaeology , metallurgy , geography , materials science , geomorphology , oceanography
This study presents the first ever lead isotope ratio data for copper ore samples (malachite and azurite) from the Sierra El Aramo (Asturias, northwestern Spain). The aim of this study was to supplement information in the existing reference database on the lead isotopic composition of Spanish ores. The Sierra El Aramo is particularly important because, while no data for the Asturian ores have been published so far, this northern province of Spain has played a significant role in terms of copper exploitation and metallurgy since the Copper Age.