Copper + Tin + People: Public Co-Smelting Experimentation in Northwestern Iberia
In the present paper an experiment made in north-western Iberia for producing bronze using local ores and similar techniques to those perhaps practiced by the ancient prehistoric metallurgists during Bronze Age is described. Preliminary results of SEM-EDS analysis made to the metallurgical products...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EXARC
2013-11-01
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| Series: | EXARC Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10131 |
| Summary: | In the present paper an experiment made in north-western Iberia for producing bronze using local ores and similar techniques to those perhaps practiced by the ancient prehistoric metallurgists during Bronze Age is described. Preliminary results of SEM-EDS analysis made to the metallurgical products are also presented, showing that bronze could be produced in a simple smelting structure by smelting copper ores with tin ores (co-smelting), producing metallic prills of various Cu-Sn compositions and slags with heterogeneous microstrucutres. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-8956 |