On pins and needles: Tracing the evolution of copper-base alloying at Tepe Yahya, Iran, via ICP-MS analysis of common-place items

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1451-1460

  Thornton, Christopher P ^a   Lamberg Karlovsky, C C ^b   Liezers, Martin ^c   Young, Suzanne M M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Thermo Elemental   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenical copper; Brass; ICP MS; Native copper; Tepe Yahya; Tin bronze

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRASS; COPPER; METALLURGY; TIN;

IRAN; TEPE YAHYA;

EID: 0036887403     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2002.0809     Document Type: Article

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