Metallurgy of bronze used in tools from Machu Picchu, Peru

Archaeometry

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-76

  Gordon, R ^a   Knopf, R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze; Hardness; Machu Picchu; Strength; Sulphides

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE; METALLURGY;

CUZCO [PERU]; MACHU PICCHU; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33644749320     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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