The role of arsenic in Chalcolithic copper artefacts–insights from Vila Nova de São Pedro (Portugal)

F Pereira, RJC Silva, AMM Soares… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Castro of Vila Nova de São Pedro (VNSP) is an emblematic settlement located at
Azambuja, Portuguese Estremadura. It was occupied during the third and second millennia …

Manufacture of copper weapons and tools from the chalcolithic settlement of São Pedro (Portugal)

P Valério, RO Vidigal, MF Araújo… - Materials and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A collection of 30 copper-based artefacts recovered during archeological
excavations at the São Pedro settlement (Redondo, Portugal) was characterized by optical …

Middle bronze age arsenical copper alloys in southern Portugal

P Valério, AMM Soares, MF Araújo, RJC Silva… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In the Iberian Peninsula, the copper metallurgy from the Chalcolithic to the Middle Bronze
Age (MBA) was mostly characterized by low arsenic contents. A collection of 53 MBA …

Micro‐EDXRF study of Chalcolithic copper‐based artefacts from Southern Portugal

R Orestes Vidigal, P Valério, MF Araújo… - X‐Ray …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A collection of 39 metallic artefacts recovered in archaeological sites of Southern Portugal
was studied by micro‐EDXRF to identify their compositions and the use of metal among …

A study on metallurgy and corrosion of ancient copper-based artefacts from the Portuguese territory

EMS de Figueiredo - 2010 - search.proquest.com
In the present thesis metallic artefacts of various typologies and diverse materials related to
metallurgical operations were studied. The items are from various sites in the Portuguese …

New insights on Late Bronze Age Cu-metallurgy from Coles de Samuel hoard (Central Portugal): A combined multi-analytical approach

C Bottaini, R Vilaça, N Schiavon, J Mirão… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
The hoard from Coles de Samuel is one of the largest Cu-based metal collections from the
Late Bronze Age (LBA)(13th–8th centuries BC) ever found in Central Portugal, consisting of …

A diachronic study of Cypriot copper alloy artefacts

A Charalambous - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
More than 750 copper alloy artefacts coming from the Late Bronze Age site of Pyla
Kokkinokremos and the Iron Age sites of Palaepaphos Skales and Salamis were analyzed …

Late medieval copper alloying practices: a view from a Parisian workshop of the 14th century AD

D Bourgarit, N Thomas - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2012 - Elsevier
161 late medieval copper-based day-to-day items have been analysed, mostly consisting of
small artefacts such as dress fittings. The items were all recently excavated from a 14th …

[PDF][PDF] Metal for Zambujal: experimentally reconstructing a 5000-year-old technology

E Hanning, R Gauß, G Goldenberg - Trabajos de Prehistoria, 2010 - tp.revistas.csic.es
ABSTRACT A series of 17 crucible smelting experiments were carried out as part of an
interdisciplinary research project initiated to understand the innovation of copper metallurgy …

Non-destructive characterization of archeological Cu-based artifacts from the early metallurgy of southern Portugal

C Bottaini, A Brunetti, R Bordalo, A Valera… - Archaeological and …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract In this study, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations combined with energy dispersive X-ray
fluorescence (EDXRF) spectroscopy have been used to characterize non-destructively a …