Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 841-849Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.044
Keywords
Iron ingots; Iron Age; Provenance; Osmium isotope ratios; Strontium isotope ratios; Mass spectrometry
Funding
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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Ores, slag, and blooms from an Early Iron Age smelting site in the Black Forest, southern Germany, were analysed in view of their possible provenance in combination with products from a modern smelting experiment. Rather than employing lead isotope ratios, like in a previous study, osmium and strontium isotope ratios are used for the discussion of provenance. The results of the smelting experiment with iron ores from the archaeological site and their comparison with original finds show the high potential of osmium as a tracer to determine provenance. Strontium may be an additional indicator but possible contaminations need to be assessed. A Celtic iron ingot has also been analysed to check the potential of osmium for further provenance studies. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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