A new interpretative approach to the chemistry of copper-alloy objects: Source, recycling and technology

Antiquity

Volumn 86, Issue 333, 2012, Pages 853-867

  Bray, P J ^a   Pollard, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Bronze; Bronze Age; Chemical composition; Ireland; Metallurgy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865965349     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00047967     Document Type: Article

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