Investigating Technological Changes in Copper-Based Metals Using Portable XRF Analysis. A Case Study in Sicily

The introduction of copper-based metals in Sicily appears to have been a particularly late and slow process. A program of pXRF analyses on early metals in Sicily has revealed the use of mostly copper, and a very late introduction of tin. Copper had been in use and extracted in northern Italy since t...

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Main Authors: Vianello Andrea, Tykot Robert H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2017-12-01
Series:Open Archaeology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2017-0025