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A Metallographic Study of Certain Pre-Columbian American Implements*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2017

Leonard Frank  and
David J. Mack
Leonard Frank
Affiliation:
College of Mining and Metallurgy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
David J. Mack
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
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A metallographic study was made of certain large native copper implements to determine the methods of manufacture. Metallurgical knowledge of the diffusion of oxygen into copper, the recrystallization of copper, and the working characteristics of copper are used in this analysis. The artifacts analyzed are listed below. The Wisconsin Historical Museum catalog numbers of each specimen is also given.

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American Antiquity , Volume 17 , Issue 1Part1 , July 1951 , pp. 57 - 60
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1951

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The author wishes to thank Miss Suzanne W. Miles, former curator of archaeology and ethnology, Wisconsin Historical Museum, for suggesting the subject of this paper, and also to express appreciation for the loan of the artifacts from the Wisconsin State Historical Society. Grateful acknowledgments are due to Professor David Mack of the Department of Metallurgy of the University of Wisconsin, for much valuable advice and assistance given, and to the Metallurgy Department for the use of facilities.

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