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A glimpse into the monetary supply network of the Tang empire in the seventh century CE: archaeometallurgical study of Kaiyuan Tongbao coins from Lafu Queke cemetery, **njiang, Northwest China
The supply of coins and their metal materials is important for state governance. Many details about the monetary supply network in ancient China...
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On the Sources of Metals and Alloys for Making Silver Jewelry in Taurica in Roman Times
Abstract —The article is concerned with determining the sources of silver alloy of multiple metal objects found at the Late Antique burial ground...
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Chemical studies of Chinese coinage II: from Qin to Yuan (221 BCE–1368 CE)
This paper surveys of the chemical composition of the copper alloy coinage in China from the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Yuan Dynasty (221 BCE–1368...
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Early brass from the Foyemiaowan-**ndiantai cemetery, 265–439 ce: the origin and diffusion of brass in ancient China
The Foyemiaowan-**ndiantai cemetery, with more than 10,000 tombs, is located in north-west Gansu Province. The cemetery was active during the...
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Glass ornaments from southwestern Taiwan: new light on maritime glass exchange across Southeast, South and West Asia in the early-mid 1st millennium CE
A total of 146 glass samples from Daoye, Daoye South, and Wujiancuo in southwestern Taiwan were subjected to elemental analysis using LA-ICP-MS and...
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Defining multiple inhabitations of a cave environment using interdisciplinary archaeometry: the ‘Christmas Cave’ of the Wadi en-Nar/Nahal Qidron, West of the Dead Sea
The present study reports a series of interdisciplinary archaeometrical analyses of objects found in the Christmas Cave, which was discovered by John...
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The Role of Boron in Low Copper Spheroidal Graphite Irons
The effects of boron at concentrations ranging from 5 to 525 ppm in low copper spheroidal graphite iron (SGI) has been studied. At 130 to 140 ppm, no...
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Indian Sandalwood’s Heartwood of History: A Global Sketch from 3000 BCE to 2020
This global environmental history of Santalum album (L) examines the origins of the use of Indian or white sandalwood in Ayurvedic medicine, Hinduism...
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Diet communication on the early Silk Road in ancient China: multi-analytical analysis of food remains from the Changle Cemetery
Characterization of ancient food remains could reflect how people exploited biological resources and interacted with different cultures in antiquity....
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Effect of Holding Time on Populations of Microparticles in Spheroidal Graphite Irons
Non-metallic microparticles in spheroidal graphite irons are a product of the inoculation and the Mg-treatment of the liquid melt. Besides the...
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The origin of lead artifacts from Novae: applications of Pb isotopes in identifying the provenance of Roman artifacts from N. Bulgaria
This study identifies the lead ores used to produce lead artifacts used by the Romans between the first and eighth centuries AD during the...
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A comprehensive assessment method for the health status of bronzes unearthed at archaeological sites
As one of the common physical materials in Chinese archaeological excavations, ancient bronzes are an essential basis for studying the development of...
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Copper alloy production in the Warring States period (475-221 BCE) of the Shu state: a metallurgical study on copper alloy objects of the Baishoulu cemetery in Chengdu, China
Many bronze objects were unearthed in the capital of the Shu state in present-day Chengdu. However, only a few metallurgical studies have been...
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Introduction
Metals are needed for survival. Our bodies rely on metal to perform many vital functions. Iron is used to transport oxygen to cells. Calcium is...
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Composition and origins of decorated glass from Umayyad Cordoba (Spain)
Recent archaeological excavations carried out in the western suburbs of Cordoba (Spain) brought to light numerous fragments of archaeological glass...
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N/S co-doped carbon nanosheet bundles as high-capacity anode for potassium-ion battery
Potassium-ion batteries (PIBs) are of academic and economic significance, but still limited by the lack of highly active electrode materials for...
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Gold—The Material of Empire
This chapter explores the history of gold a metal so soft it can be shaped into sheets so thin they are transparent and drawn into wires finer than a...
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Archaeometallurgical Analysis of Thirteenth-Century Bronze and Iron Construction Implements from the Walls of the Frankish Castle at Arsuf/Arsur
A discovery of the use of small metal plates was recently made at the Frankish sites of ‘Atlit, Arsur and Acre. These plates were used in the...
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Evolution of ferronickel particles during the reduction of low-grade saprolitic laterite nickel ore by coal in the temperature range of 900–1250°C with the addition of CaO-CaF2-H3BO3
The method of producing ferronickel at low temperature (1250–1400°C) has been applied since the 1950s at Nippon Yakin Kogyo, Oheyama Works, Japan....
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Enhanced removal of copper(II) from acidic streams using functional resins: batch and column studies
AbstractThe adsorption behaviour of copper(II) ions in acidic streams using different polymeric adsorbents (Lewatit MonoPlus TP 220, Lewatit MonoPlus...
