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Copper-Alloyed Artefacts from Roman Imports in Scandinavia: Elemental Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Haldis Johanne Bollingberg
Haldis Johanne Bollingberg*
Affiliation:
Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Oestervoldgade 10, DK-1350 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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Abstract

Chemical analyses and polished section studies have been made on selected artefacts from the period 1 to 400 AD found in Scandinavia. By means of a multielement method used on 2 - 4 milligram solid sample (OES), the copper alloys are found to be quite characteristic for various groups of artefact. The trace elements underline systematic differences in form and age whithin the same stylistic type produced over a long period. The workshops seem to have had their own tradition for using different alloys for various parts of a specific artefact. The fact that the same type of artefact is produced in bronze as well as brass, probably indicates a different origin. Based on these results analyses have been started on a few available ingots and ore minerals in the attempt to trace the provenance of Scandinavian artefacts.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 352: Symposium – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology IV , 1995 , 621
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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