Tapada da Ajuda (Lisbon, Portugal) bronze age pin

A pin made of a copper-based alloy, found at Tapada da Ajuda (Lisbon, Portugal), a site dated to the beginning of the Late Bronze Age, was analyzed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy and examined by microscopy. The results of this study and the unusual manufacturing technique of the pin are pr...

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Autor principal: Melo, Ana Ávilla de (author)
Outros Autores: Cardoso, João Luís (author), Giumlia-Mair, Alessandra (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2019
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18553
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/18553
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Resumo:A pin made of a copper-based alloy, found at Tapada da Ajuda (Lisbon, Portugal), a site dated to the beginning of the Late Bronze Age, was analyzed by X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy and examined by microscopy. The results of this study and the unusual manufacturing technique of the pin are presented and discussed in this paper. Typology and production technique of this object seem to indicate a Central European origin