Fuel Efficiency of Ancient Copper Alloys: Theoretical Melting Thermodynamics of Copper, Tin and Arsenical Copper and Timber Conservation in the Bronze Age Levant*

Archaeometry

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1009-1024

  Kaufman, B ^a   Scott, D A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze archaeometallurgy; Cultural ecology; EB IV MB II Levant; Late holocene; Physical metallurgy; SEM EDS

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; COPPER; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOLOCENE; MELTING; METALLURGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS; TIMBER; TIN; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84945283217     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12127     Document Type: Article

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