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| Early Metallurgical Sites and Three Alloy Technologies in Southern Anhui |
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Received:September 29, 2020
Revised:October 09, 2020
Accepted:October 10, 2020
Published Online:January 21, 2021
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| DOI：doi：10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2021.02.018 |
| KeyWord:Southern Anhui; tin bronze; arsenic bronze; antimony bronze |
| Author | Institution |
| CUI Chun-peng |
中国国家博物馆; |
| LI Yan-xiang |
北京科技大学 科技史与文化遗产研究院 |
| LI Chen-yuan |
北京科技大学 科技史与文化遗产研究院 |
| TAN Yu-chen |
北京科技大学 科技史与文化遗产研究院 |
| GONG Xi-cheng |
安徽省文物考古研究所; |
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| Abstract: |
| Three kinds of alloy technologies of tin bronze, arsenic bronze and antimony bronze were found in early mining and metallurgical sites in Southern Anhui. The bronze smelting process consists two steps, and copper, arsenic and antimony materials used are supposed to come from local mines. Tin is supposed to come from Northern Jiangxi in the Middle Yangtze River, and it is added mainly in form of cassiterite. It is also found that the Lower Yangtze River, represented by Southern Anhui, is another important arsenic bronze metallurgical area in Early China, and resource background of its popular production should be lack of tin ore in the region. There is a sizeable and unique earlier bronze industry in the Yangtze River Valley, which is obviously different from Central Plains of the Yellow River Valley. |
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