Rehren, THH;
Asderaki, E;
Skafida, E;
Vaxenavopoulos, M;
Connolly, P;
(2018)
Kastro Palaia settlement, Volos, Greece: a diachronical technological approach to bronze metalwork.
STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research,
, 3
(2)
pp. 179-193.
10.1080/20548923.2018.1427182.
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Abstract
The paper examines diachronically the technological knowledge and the level of copper metallurgy at Kastro Palaia, Volos, in Magnesia, examining various objects with dates from the Early Bronze Age through to the Early Christian era. Of the 70 objects that have been examined so far using pXRF, a small sample was selected for further metallographic and chemical analyses. In this way, the manufacturing processes for the production of each object were identified, as well as the alloy used. Combining the results of these two methods with the typology of the objects provided safe conclusions concerning the technological knowledge and the specialisation of metal production at Kastro Palaia from the Bronze Age to the Early Christian era. In the end, the potential provenance of the copper was also examined.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Kastro Palaia settlement, Volos, Greece: a diachronical technological approach to bronze metalwork |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20548923.2018.1427182 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/20548923.2018.1427182 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Iolkos; copper metallurgy; copper ores; XRF; SEM-EDS; lead isotopes |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053922 |
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