eprintid: 93693 rev_number: 38 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/00/09/36/93 datestamp: 2010-10-18 22:20:30 lastmod: 2021-11-01 23:44:38 status_changed: 2018-04-17 11:44:40 type: book_section metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 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. note: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. 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 document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/93693/1/Rehren_ThRPfynCruciblesFSTite.pdf