Southeast asia's first isotopically defined prehistoric copper production system: When did extractive metallurgy begin in the khao wong prachan valley of central thailand?

Archaeometry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-163

  Pryce, T O ^a   Pollard, M ^a   Martinon Torres M ^b   Pigott, V C ^b   Pernicka, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaeometallurgy; Copper Base Metal Exchange; Lead Isotope Analysis; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COPPER; HOLOCENE; LEAD ISOTOPE; METALLURGY; PREHISTORIC; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SMELTING;

THAILAND;

EID: 78650229875     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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