Natural preservation mechanisms at play in a Bronze Age wooden shovel found in the copper mines of Alderley Edge

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3029-3037

  Smith, A D ^a   Green, D I ^b   Charnock, J M ^b   Pantos, E ^a   Timberlake, S ^c   Prag, A J N W ^b  

^a DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bronze Age; Copper; Mining; Timber; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ARTIFACT; BRONZE AGE; COPPER; MINE; MINERALOGY; PRESERVATION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CHESHIRE; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80052277910     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.06.036     Document Type: Article

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