Beyond Provenance: New Approaches to Interpreting the Chemistry of Archaeological Copper Alloys

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-94-6270-162-5
Verlag: LEUVEN UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

Reihe: Studies in Archaeological Sciences

Human
intentionality in chemical patterns in Bronze Age metals

For the last 180 years,
scientists have been attempting to determine the ‘provenance’ (geological
source) of the copper used in Bronze Age artefacts. However, despite advances
in analytical technologies, the theoretical approach has remained virtually
unchanged over this period, with the interpretative methodology only changing
to accommodate the increasing capacity of computers. This book represents a
concerted effort to think about the composition of Bronze Age metal as the
product of human intentionality as well as of geology. It considers the trace
element composition of the metal, the alloying elements, and the lead isotopic
composition, showing how a combination of these aspects, along with
archaeological context and typology, can reveal much more about the life
history of such artefacts, expanding considerably upon the rather limited
ambition of knowing where the ore was extracted.

Beyond Provenance serves as a ‘how-to
handbook’ for those wishing to look for evidence of human intentionality in the
chemical patterning observed in bronzes.

Ebook available in Open Access.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pollard, Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents
Chapter 1Previous Approaches to the Chemistry and Provenance of Archaeological Copper Alloys
Chapter 2Developing a New Interpretative Framework
Chapter 3Legacy Datasets and Chemical Data Quality
Chapter 4Trace Elements and ‘Copper Groups’
Chapter 5Alloying Elements and ‘Alloy Types’
Chapter 6Lead Isotope Data from Archaeological Copper Alloys
Chapter 7The FLAME GIS-Database
Chapter 8Summary: Beyond Provenance?
References
Bibliography of Sources of Chemical and Isotopic Data Used in the FLAME Database
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pollard, Mark
Mark Pollard is Edward Hall Professor of Archaeological Science at the Research Laboratory for Archaeology, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford, and PI on the ERC Advanced Grant ‘FLAME’.