Article ID: CBB000933536

Scientific Analysis of Prehistoric Copper and Bronze Artifacts Recovered in the Yili Region, Xinjiang, China (2008)

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Lu, Enguo (Author)
Ling, Yong (Author)
Mei, Jianjun (Author)


Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Volume: 27
Pages: 359--369


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

Abstract This paper reports the analytical results of 20 prehistoric copper and bronze artifacts unearthed from the Yili Region in Xinjiang. Technical characteristics of these artifacts can be summarized as follows: first, the use of tin bronze clearly predominated among these artifacts; second, no arsenical bronze or Cu-As-Pb alloys were identified among the artifacts, highlighting the question whether Cu-As-Pb alloys produced at the Nulasai mining and smelting site in Nileke were actually used in the Yili region; third, the compositional contrast between the handled mirrors and those with a knob on the back indicates that there existed at least two different mirror traditions which have their own cultural origins.

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Authors & Contributors
Charlton, Mike
Armada, Xosé-Lois
Yuanzhi Li
Passaponti, Maurizio
Giurlani, Walter
Innocenti, Massimo
Concepts
Metallurgy
Technology
Metals and metallic compounds
Bronze
Artifacts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Time Periods
Prehistory
Ancient
20th century
Stone age
Zhou dynasty (China, 1122-221 B.C.)
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
Places
China
Middle and Near East
Japan
Arabian peninsula
Xinjiang Region (China)
Balkan Peninsula
Institutions
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Academia Sinica
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