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Fuentes de cobre de la Edad del Bronce en el Mediterráneo: un nuevo enfoque
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 2, 1982
Resumen
El análisis de isótopos de plomo revela antiguas fuentes de cobre. Para la Creta de la Edad del Bronce tardía, la región de Laurión en Grecia era una fuente significativa de cobre, potencialmente más que Chipre.
Área de la Ciencia:
- La arqueometalurgia es una técnica de arqueometalurgia.
- La geoquímica es la geoquímica.
- Historia Antigua Historia Antigua La historia es muy antigua.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los análisis químicos tradicionales de minerales de cobre y artefactos han enfrentado desafíos en la identificación de antiguas fuentes de cobre.
- Las complejidades mineralógicas y metalúrgicas han obstaculizado los esfuerzos de abastecimiento anteriores.
- El plomo, un componente menor en el cobre y el bronce, ofrece una firma isotópica estable que no se ve afectada por la fundición.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para determinar la procedencia del cobre utilizado en las antiguas culturas mediterráneas y del Cercano Oriente.
- Para aplicar el análisis de isótopos de plomo a los artefactos de la Edad del Bronce para obtener fuentes precisas de cobre.
- Investigar la importancia relativa de las diferentes fuentes de cobre para la Creta de la Edad del Bronce tardía.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis químicos comparativos de minerales de cobre y artefactos arqueológicos.
- Análisis de la proporción de isótopos de plomo en objetos de cobre y bronce.
- Aplicación de datos isotópicos para rastrear la procedencia del cobre.
Principales resultados:
- El análisis de isótopos de plomo demostró ser eficaz en la identificación de las fuentes de cobre.
- Los resultados indican que la región de Laurión en Ática, Grecia, es una fuente significativa de cobre para la Creta de la Edad del Bronce tardía.
- Chipre puede haber sido una fuente de cobre menos dominante para Creta durante este período de lo que se suponía anteriormente.
Conclusiones:
- La composición isotópica del plomo es un rastreador confiable de la procedencia del cobre en artefactos antiguos.
- La región de Laurión fue una fuente clave de cobre para la Creta de la Edad del Bronce tardía.
- La reevaluación de las antiguas redes comerciales y la utilización de los recursos está justificada en base a estos hallazgos.
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