Archaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of Cu-As alloys from "Lama" (2nd millennium BC), Iran

The Lama cemetery is located in west of the Zagros Mountains in Iran. The excavated materials are bronze objects, silver rings, iron items and pottery that were scattered in the graves. Pottery with continuous painted lines and triangular patterns and metal tools were the main evidence for dating th...

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Main Authors: Mohammadamin Emami, Javad Jafari
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Published: Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques 2019-03-01
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description The Lama cemetery is located in west of the Zagros Mountains in Iran. The excavated materials are bronze objects, silver rings, iron items and pottery that were scattered in the graves. Pottery with continuous painted lines and triangular patterns and metal tools were the main evidence for dating the cemetery to the Middle Elamite II, III and Neo-Elamite I periods (1400-800 BC). The objects were analyzed by means of ICP-OES, OM and SEM-EDX in order to obtain data on the metal composition and alloying process. The results show various compositions concerning the Cu/Sn ratio in the metallic core of the objects. The variety of tin content proves that the objects were not made by using a particular proportion of alloying elements. An uncontrolled process was used to produce tin bronze, such as co-smelting, cementation, recycling or smelting copper- tin bearing ores.
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spelling doaj-art-3b04e9e6d1554b518ec5db35c303b2162024-12-21T19:03:43ZdeuUnion Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et ProtohistoriquesUISPP Journal2612-27822019-03-0121243210.62526/38K7TSArchaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of Cu-As alloys from "Lama" (2nd millennium BC), IranMohammadamin Emami0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7484-1991 Javad Jafari1https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9945-8454Art University of IsfahanUniversity of TehranThe Lama cemetery is located in west of the Zagros Mountains in Iran. The excavated materials are bronze objects, silver rings, iron items and pottery that were scattered in the graves. Pottery with continuous painted lines and triangular patterns and metal tools were the main evidence for dating the cemetery to the Middle Elamite II, III and Neo-Elamite I periods (1400-800 BC). The objects were analyzed by means of ICP-OES, OM and SEM-EDX in order to obtain data on the metal composition and alloying process. The results show various compositions concerning the Cu/Sn ratio in the metallic core of the objects. The variety of tin content proves that the objects were not made by using a particular proportion of alloying elements. An uncontrolled process was used to produce tin bronze, such as co-smelting, cementation, recycling or smelting copper- tin bearing ores.corrosionarsenical copperunalloyed copper inclusionmetallurgyleachingiran
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Archaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of Cu-As alloys from "Lama" (2nd millennium BC), Iran
UISPP Journal
corrosion
arsenical copper
unalloyed copper inclusion
metallurgy
leaching
iran
title Archaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of Cu-As alloys from "Lama" (2nd millennium BC), Iran
title_full Archaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of Cu-As alloys from "Lama" (2nd millennium BC), Iran
title_fullStr Archaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of Cu-As alloys from "Lama" (2nd millennium BC), Iran
title_full_unstemmed Archaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of Cu-As alloys from "Lama" (2nd millennium BC), Iran
title_short Archaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of Cu-As alloys from "Lama" (2nd millennium BC), Iran
title_sort archaeometallurgical studies on corrosion behaviour of cu as alloys from lama 2nd millennium bc iran
topic corrosion
arsenical copper
unalloyed copper inclusion
metallurgy
leaching
iran
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