TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pollard, Mark
AB  - "Human intentionality in chemical patterns in Bronze Age metals    For the last 180 years, scientists have been attempting to determine the ‘provenance’ (geological source) of the copper used in Bronze Age artefacts. However, despite advances in analytical technologies, the theoretical approach has remained virtually unchanged over this period, with the interpretative methodology only changing to accommodate the increasing capacity of computers. This book represents a concerted effort to think about the composition of Bronze Age metal as the product of human intentionality as well as of geology. It considers the trace element composition of the metal, the alloying elements, and the lead isotopic composition, showing how a combination of these aspects, along with archaeological context and typology, can reveal much more about the life history of such artefacts, expanding considerably upon the rather limited ambition of knowing where the ore was extracted.    Beyond Provenance serves as a ‘how-to handbook’ for those wishing to look for evidence of human intentionality in the chemical patterning observed in bronzes."
DO  - 10.2307/j.ctv7xbs5r
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1002327
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1082957349
KW  - Eurasian Bronze Age
KW  - Chemical composition of bronzes
KW  - Lead isotopes in bronzes
KW  - Metal biography
KW  - Copper Groups
KW  - Alloying patterns
KW  - GIS
KW  - Spatial analysis
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/fdfcaec5-0d2d-44ae-b16e-d73d7afd9efa/Beyond Provenance_e.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27678
PB  - Leuven University Press
PP  - Belgium, Leuven
PY  - 2018
SN  - 9789462701625
TI  - Beyond Provenance : New Approaches to Interpreting the Chemistry of Archaeological Copper Alloys
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