2022
DOI: 10.3390/min12060758
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Tin and Bronze Production at the Outeiro de Baltar Hillfort (NW Iberia)

Abstract: Findings of Iron Age metallurgical activities related to tin metal and mining are very rare. In the present work, we present a detailed study of the Outeiro de Baltar hillfort, dated to the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period, located in a place where 20th century tin mining work took place. Elemental and microstructural analysis by portable, micro and wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF, micro-XRF and WDXRF) and scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersion spectrometer (SEM-EDS) sh… Show more

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“…The presence of minor and trace elements in alloys may indicate the use of different sources or recovered ores [22]. However, a chemical analysis of copper alloys cannot reliably determine the source of the metals because of the common practice of circulating, remelting, and mixing metals during recovery [23].…”
Section: Matrix Structure Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The presence of minor and trace elements in alloys may indicate the use of different sources or recovered ores [22]. However, a chemical analysis of copper alloys cannot reliably determine the source of the metals because of the common practice of circulating, remelting, and mixing metals during recovery [23].…”
Section: Matrix Structure Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%