Investigating Technological Changes in Copper-Based Metals Using Portable XRF Analysis. A Case Study in Sicily
The introduction of copper-based metals in Sicily appears to have been a particularly late and slow process. A program of pXRF analyses on early metals in Sicily has revealed the use of mostly copper, and a very late introduction of tin. Copper had been in use and extracted in northern Italy since t...
Main Authors: | Vianello Andrea, Tykot Robert H. |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2017-12-01
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Series: | Open Archaeology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2017-0025 |
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