eprintid: 93693
rev_number: 38
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datestamp: 2010-10-18 22:20:30
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creators_name: Rehren, T
title: From mine to microbe - the Neolithic copper melting crucibles from Switzerland
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B03
divisions: C03
divisions: F31
divisions: K74
keywords: Pfyn, Horgen, crucible, copper, neolithic.
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abstract: The occurrence of chalcopyrite in several late Neolithic crucibles from NW Switzerland and SW Germany has been variously interpreted as indicating evidence for local copper smelting, or being due to post-depositional phenomena. This study uses optical microscopy and a discussion based on textural and micro-tratigraphical arguments to demonstrate that chalcopyrite is a late formation and not indicative of copper smelting. This has significant implications for the technological and archaeological interpetation of these finds, but also illustrates the potential of image-based studies in science-based archaeology.
date: 2009-04-09
date_type: published
publisher: Oxbow Books
oa_status: green
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_source: Manually entered
elements_id: 98918
isbn_13: 9781842172599
lyricists_name: Rehren, Thilo
lyricists_id: TREHR72
actors_name: Cuccu, Clara
actors_id: CCCUC40
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
number: 15
place_of_pub: Oxford, United Kingdom
pagerange: 155-162
book_title: From Mine to Microscope - Studies in Honour of Mike Tite
editors_name: Shortland, A
editors_name: Freestone, I
editors_name: Rehren, T
citation:        Rehren, T;      (2009)    From mine to microbe - the Neolithic copper melting crucibles from Switzerland.                    In: Shortland, A and Freestone, I and Rehren, T, (eds.) From Mine to Microscope - Studies in Honour of Mike Tite. (pp. 155-162).   Oxbow Books: Oxford, United Kingdom.       Green open access   
 
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