Lead Isotope Analyses of Metal Objects from the Apa Hoard and Other Early and Middle Bronze Age Items from Romania. Archaeologia Austriaca|Archaeologia Austriaca Band 100/2016|
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9 janvier 2017
- handle: 10670/1.ysh8dg
- issn: 1816-2959
- doi: 10.1553/archaeologia100s57
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Apa hoard, lead isotope analysis, provenance of copper, Romania, eastern Alps, Slovakia,PrehistorySujets proches
Tools East Balkan States Southeastern Europe Europe, Southeastern Balkans Eastern Alps Methods of analysis Analysis and chemistry Analytical methods Chemical analysis Analysis methods Analysis and examinationCiter ce document
Bianka Nessel et al., « Lead Isotope Analyses of Metal Objects from the Apa Hoard and Other Early and Middle Bronze Age Items from Romania. Archaeologia Austriaca|Archaeologia Austriaca Band 100/2016| », Elektronisches Publikationsportal der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschafte, ID : 10.1553/archaeologia100s57
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Altogether 29 Early and Middle Bronze Age metal objects from Romania including six from the famous Apa hoard were analysed for their chemical compositions and lead isotope ratios. In order to determine the provenance of the copper, these geochemical signatures were compared with copper ores from geological deposits in central and southeastern Europe, which had been exploited in the Bronze Age. It can be concluded that the copper of the implements from the Apa hoard most likely derives from the east Alpine Mitterberg region while the other Middle and Late Bronze Age objects from Romania largely consist of Slovakian copper.