Analysis of Material and Mineral Source of Bronze Unearthed from Cemetery of Guo State in Sanmenxia
Received:September 06, 2018   Revised:September 11, 2018   Accepted:September 12, 2018      Published Online:December 21, 2018
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DOI:doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2019.01.017
KeyWord:Sanmenxia; Cemetery of Guo State; bronze ware; scientific study
                 
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weiqiangbing 北京科技大学
WANG Xin-guang 河南省文物考古研究院
LI Xiu-hui 北京科技大学
CHEN Jian-li 北京大学
ZHANG Ji 北京大学
LI Qing-li 三门峡市虢国博物馆
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Abstract:
      The Guo State cemetery is a large scale well preserved state cemetery with complete grade and orderly arrangement from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. Fifty bronze samples from the Guo State cemetery were analyzed by metallographic microscope and SEM. The results show that the metallographic structure includes cast, heatness after casting, hot process after casting (local) and so on. The alloy includes lead-tin bronze and tin bronze. Lead isotope ratio measurements indicate common lead concentrated in a small range. It is speculated that the bronzes of different tombs have similar source of minerals.
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