Lead Isotope Analysis of Bronze Unearthed in Shuangta Cemetery in Baicheng of Jilin Province
Received:November 26, 2018   Revised:November 28, 2018   Accepted:November 29, 2018      Published Online:February 15, 2019
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DOI:doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2019.03.018
KeyWord:history of metallurgy; Shuangta Cemetery; Western Cemetery of Jinggouzi; bronze ware; lead isotope
        
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LiuHan 北京科技大学
liyanxiang 北京科技大学
wanglixin 吉林大学
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Abstract:
      Lead isotope composition of bronzes unearthed in Shuangta Cemetery in Baicheng City, Jilin Province, China was studied. It is basically conclude that the unearthed bronzes in this cemetery have multiple sources of ore, and one of them is found to contain high radiogenic lead. The age of Shuangta Cemetery overlaps with that of Western Cemetery of Jinggouzi, and they are in a similar geographical location. As human bones unearthed from two sites belong to the same type of people, so lead isotopes of bronzes artifacts unearthed from two sites were compared to determine whether the same ore source was used. The results show that although bronzes from Shuangta Cemetery contain different ore sources, but some use the same (or similar) mineral material sources as those unearthed in the Western Cemetery of Jinggouzi.
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