On the origins of extractive metallurgy: New evidence from Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2775-2787

  Radivojević, Miljana ^a,b   Rehren, Thilo ^a   Pernicka, Ernst ^c   Šljivar, Dušan ^d   Brauns, Michael ^c   Borić, Dušan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Philosophy   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d National Museum Belgrade   (Serbia)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balkans; Bead; Belovode; Chalcolithic; Copper metallurgy; Copper slag; Eurasia; Lead isotope ratios; Malachite; Serbia; Smelting; Trace element analysis; Vin a culture

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COPPER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; MALACHITE; METALLURGY; MINERAL; PROVENANCE; SLAG; SMELTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

BALKANS; SERBIA;

VINCA;

EID: 77956187924     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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