Abstract Tin is an essential raw material both for the copper–tin alloys developed during the Early Bronze Age and for the casting of tableware in the Medieval period. Secondary geological deposits in the form of placers (cassiterite) provide easily accessible sources but have often been reworked several times during land-use history. In fact, evidence for the earliest phase of tin mining during the Bronze Age has not yet been confirmed for any area in Europe, stimulating an ongoing debate on this issue. For this study, a broad range of methods (sedimentology, pedology, palynology, anthracology, OSL/14C-dating, and micromorphology) was applied both within the extraction zone of placer mining and the downstream alluvial sediments at Scheller...
From co-smelting through cementation to co-melting, there are different ways to make tin bronze. We ...
The smelting copper slags from the archaeological sites of Transacquaand Segonzano in Trentino (Ita...
Numerous bronze artefacts may be found in Armorique. Their ages vary from Bronze Age to recent perio...
AbstractTin, as a constituent of bronze, was central to the technological development of early socie...
Tin is a rare metal that is essential for making bronze, the defining technology of the Bronze Age. ...
The rich copper ore deposits in the eastern Alps have long been considered as important sources for ...
Colluvial sediments originating from soil erosion on slopes have proven to constitute significant ev...
International audienceThe present study aims to document early mining and smelting activities by mea...
This paper presents records of metal deposition as preserved by a peatland which has accumulated in ...
The role of tin mining in the society of prehistoric Dartmoor and its impact on the local landscape ...
The mining region of Oberhalbstein, to date sparsely studied, has been the subject of archaeological...
Bronze is the defining metal of the European Bronze Age and has been at the center of archaeological...
Previous chapters have focused on the mineralogically complex and structurally simple silver-uranium...
The small island of Gammainseli is situated in the central Swiss Lake Sempachersee near the town Sur...
From co-smelting through cementation to co-melting, there are different ways to make tin bronze. We ...
The smelting copper slags from the archaeological sites of Transacquaand Segonzano in Trentino (Ita...
Numerous bronze artefacts may be found in Armorique. Their ages vary from Bronze Age to recent perio...
AbstractTin, as a constituent of bronze, was central to the technological development of early socie...
Tin is a rare metal that is essential for making bronze, the defining technology of the Bronze Age. ...
The rich copper ore deposits in the eastern Alps have long been considered as important sources for ...
Colluvial sediments originating from soil erosion on slopes have proven to constitute significant ev...
International audienceThe present study aims to document early mining and smelting activities by mea...
This paper presents records of metal deposition as preserved by a peatland which has accumulated in ...
The role of tin mining in the society of prehistoric Dartmoor and its impact on the local landscape ...
The mining region of Oberhalbstein, to date sparsely studied, has been the subject of archaeological...
Bronze is the defining metal of the European Bronze Age and has been at the center of archaeological...
Previous chapters have focused on the mineralogically complex and structurally simple silver-uranium...
The small island of Gammainseli is situated in the central Swiss Lake Sempachersee near the town Sur...
From co-smelting through cementation to co-melting, there are different ways to make tin bronze. We ...
The smelting copper slags from the archaeological sites of Transacquaand Segonzano in Trentino (Ita...
Numerous bronze artefacts may be found in Armorique. Their ages vary from Bronze Age to recent perio...