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JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
Volume 47, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103746
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Guam; Historic Nails; Iron Archeometallurgy; Mariana Islands; Modern Spanish Colonialism
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This study presents the results of archaeometallurgical analyses conducted on historic iron nails from the Marianas archipelago. The nails were obtained through exchange, trade, or reuse of shipwreck materials by the native communities. The samples showed different metallographic and mechanical characteristics.
This article presents the results of the archaeometallurgical analyses (chemical, compositional, and mechanical) conducted on historic iron nails from the Marianas archipelago, in the western Pacific. The nails were recovered at the archaeological excavations of San Dionisio's church and cemetery (Humatak, Guam). They all came from abroad and were incorporated by the native communities through exchange, trade, or through the reuse of materials found in shipwrecks, although it is not possible at the moment to locate their exact origin. However, we know that all the analyzed samples had different metallographic and mechanical characteristics. This is the first study of these characteristics on Micronesia.
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