Technological continuity in Early Iron Age bronze metallurgy at the South-Western Iberian Peninsula - a sight from Castro dos Ratinhos

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1811-1819

  Valerio Pedro P ^a   Silva, Rui J C ^b   Monge Soares, António M ^a   Araújo, Maria F ^a   Braz Fernandes, Francisco M ^b   Silva, António C ^c   Berrocal Rangel, Luis ^d  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c Direcção Regional da Cultura do Alentejo   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Archaeometallurgy; Bronze alloys; Early Iron Age; Phoenician; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ANNEALING; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; BRONZE; IRON AGE; METALLURGY; THERMOMECHANICS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77953958730     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.038     Document Type: Article

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