Beyond ritual bronzes: identifying multiple sources of highly radiogenic lead across Chinese history
One of the greatest enigmas in the study of Bronze Age China is the source of highly radiogenic lead discovered in the copper-based objects of the Shang period (ca. 1500-1046 BC). Although being relatively rare in nature, such lead contributed over half of the lead consumed across a vast area from t...
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Springer Nature
2018
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