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| Preliminary Study of Ancient Iron Smelting Site Found at Daliao Village, Tiandong County, Guangxi |
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Received:October 30, 2024
Revised:November 29, 2024
Accepted:December 03, 2024
Published Online:April 19, 2025
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| DOI：doi：10.20237/j.issn.1007-7545.2025.05.027 |
| KeyWord:metallurgical archaeology; Baise area; puddling steel; carbon-14 dating; Ming Dynasty |
| Author | Institution |
| LI Kaixu |
广西民族大学 科技史与科技文化研究院/中国南方和东南亚科技考古与文物保护研究中心 |
| LUO Lishu |
广西田东县博物馆 |
| HUANG Quansheng |
广西民族大学 科技史与科技文化研究院/中国南方和东南亚科技考古与文物保护研究中心 |
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| Abstract: |
| Daliao ancient iron smelting site, located at Liaokun village of Yincha town, Tiandong county in Baise city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is a newly discovered ancient smelting site during a fieldwork in 2023, covering an area of approximately 500 m2. This site contains metallurgical relics such as slag and charcoal, as well as early ceramic fragments and porcelain pieces from the Song and Ming dynasties. A total of 15 slag samples of metallurgical relics collected from Daliao site were analyzed by scanning electron microscope and energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM-EDS), energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (ED-XRF) and metallographic microscope, which can fulfill matrix composition detection and microstructure observation. Carbon-14 dating was performed by an accelerator mass spectrometer (AMS). The results indicate that the site is an ancient puddling steel smelting site, and its slags belong to the type of Fe-Si-Ca system with high iron content. Daliao site is dated back to 330±20 (BP), and the metallurgical activities began no later than the middle of the Ming Dynasty due to AMS-14C result. |
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