The extractive metallurgy of copper from Cabezo Juré, Huelva, Spain: Chemical and mineralogical study of slags dated to the third millenium B.C

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 627-638

  Sáez, Reinaldo ^a   Nocete, Francisco ^a   Nieto, José M ^a   Capitán, M Ángeles ^a   Rovira, Salvador ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archeological excavations; Cabezo Jur ; Copper; Extractive metallurgy; Iberian Pyrite Belt; Spain

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EXCAVATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; SMELTING;

MAFIC ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COPPER; EXCAVATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; METALLURGY; MINERALOGY; SLAG; SMELTING;

ANDALUCIA; CABEZO JURE; SPAIN;

EID: 18544410507     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.3.627     Document Type: Article

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