Preliminary Study on Metallurgical Relics Unearthed from Liuzhuoling Iron Smelting Site in Pingnan, Guangxi
Received:February 13, 2022   Revised:February 14, 2022   Accepted:February 23, 2022      Published Online:May 11, 2022
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DOI:doi:10.3969/j.issn.1007-7545.2022.06.019
KeyWord:archaeometallurgy; Guigang region;bloomery iron smelting site; scientific analysis
           
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ZOU Gui-sen 广西民族大学科技史与科技文化研究院
MENG Zhang-wang 广西壮族自治区文物保护与考古研究所
HUANG Quan-sheng 广西民族大学科技史与科技文化研究院
LI Yan-xiang 北京科技大学科技史与文化遗产研究院;北京科技大学科技史与文化遗产研究院
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Abstract:
      The Liuzhuoling site in Liuchen town, Pingnan county, Guigang city, Guangxi, is the only smelting site in the group of iron smelting sites in Guigang area that has been scientifically excavated and reported. A total of 13 smelting furnaces were cleared and a large number of metallurgical relics such as slag, ore, charcoal, tuyere and furnace wall were unearthed. The carbon 14 dating analysis of unearthed charcoal, combined with typological analysis of the unearthed ceramics, shows that the Liuzhuoling site is a smelting site in the Jin and Tang Dynasties. The metallurgical relics such as slag, iron nuggets and ores unearthed from the site were scientifically analyzed by SEM-EDS composition analysis and metallographic microscope observation. The results show that it is a bloomery iron smelting site.
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