Study on Copper Ores Source of Bronze Vessels in Zongyang County, Anhui Province, Dated from the Western Zhou Dynasty to Warring States Period
WEI Guo-feng1, QIN Ying2*, WANG Le-qun3
1. Department of History, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, China
2. Department for the History of Science and Scientific Archaeology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
3. Cultural Relic Management Institute of Zongyang County, Zongyang 246700, China
Abstract：Trace elements of bronze vessels, which are from Zongyang County, Anhui Province and dated from the Western Zhou Dynasty to Warring States Period, and copper prills in the slag from Tangjiadun Site, were analyzed with LA-ICP-MS to determine their copper ores sources. Results show that contents of elements Co, As, Sb, Ag and Bi, et al. in the copper prills of slags from Tangjiadun site are high, which are different from the elements characteristics of smelted copper metal from Tongling and Tonglvshan site of mining and smelting. Copper ores sources of the bronze vessels from Zongyang County are stable from the Western Zhou Dynasty to Warring States Period. The copper ores mainly come from the vicinity around Tangjiadun site in Zongyang County and a small proportion is from Tongling area in the south of the Yangtze River. It is feasible that LA-ICP-MS can be used to determine trace elements in the ancient bronze vessel and copper prills in the slag from the site of mining and smelting, which provides a in situ nondestructive analysis technology for bronze vessel analysis and has important potential applications in the study on copper ores sources of ancient bronze vessels.
魏国锋，秦 颍，王乐群. 安徽枞阳出土西周至战国时期青铜器的矿料来源研究[J]. 光谱学与光谱分析, 2017, 37(11): 3610-3615.
WEI Guo-feng, QIN Ying, WANG Le-qun. Study on Copper Ores Source of Bronze Vessels in Zongyang County, Anhui Province, Dated from the Western Zhou Dynasty to Warring States Period. SPECTROSCOPY AND SPECTRAL ANALYSIS, 2017, 37(11): 3610-3615.
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