Beyond Provenance

Mark Pollard • Boek • hardback

• Samenvatting
  For the last 180 years, scientists have been attempting to determine the ‘provenance’ (geological source) of the copper used in Bronze Age artefacts. However, despite advances in analytical technologies, the theoretical approach has remained virtually unchanged over this period, with the interpretative methodology only changing to accommodate the increasing capacity of computers. This book represents a concerted effort to think about the composition of Bronze Age metal as the product of human intentionality as well as of geology. It considers the trace element composition of the metal, the alloying elements, and the lead isotopic composition, showing how a combination of these aspects, along with archaeological context and typology, can reveal much more about the life history of such artefacts, expanding considerably upon the rather limited ambition of knowing where the ore was extracted. 'Beyond Provenance' serves as a ‘how-to handbook’ for those wishing to look for evidence of human intentionality in the chemical patterning observed in bronzes.
  
  For the last 180 years, scientists have been attempting to determine the ‘provenance’ (geological source) of the copper used in Bronze Age artefacts. However, despite advances in analytical technologies, the theoretical approach has remained virtually unchanged over this period, with the interpretative methodology only changing to accommodate the increasing capacity of computers. This book represents a concerted effort to think about the composition of Bronze Age metal as the product of human intentionality as well as of geology. It considers the trace element composition of the metal, the alloying elements, and the lead isotopic composition, showing how a combination of these aspects, along with archaeological context and typology, can reveal much more about the life history of such artefacts, expanding considerably upon the rather limited ambition of knowing where the ore was extracted. 'Beyond Provenance' serves as a ‘how-to handbook’ for those wishing to look for evidence of human intentionality in the chemical patterning observed in bronzes.
• Productinformatie
  Binding : Hardback
  Distributievorm : Boek (print, druk)
  Formaat : 165mm x 247mm
  Aantal pagina's : 234
  Uitgeverij : Leuven University Press
  ISBN : 9789462701625
  Datum publicatie : 12-2018
  
• Inhoudsopgave
  Chapter 1 Previous Approaches to the Chemistry and Provenance of Archaeological Copper Alloys Chapter 2 Developing a New Interpretative Framework Chapter 3 Legacy Datasets and Chemical Data Quality Chapter 4 Trace Elements and ‘Copper Groups’ Chapter 5 Alloying Elements and ‘Alloy Types’ Chapter 6 Lead Isotope Data from Archaeological Copper Alloys Chapter 7 The FLAME GIS-Database Chapter 8 Summary: Beyond Provenance? References Bibliography of Sources of Chemical and Isotopic Data Used in the FLAME Database Index
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