The Composition of the São Brás Copper Hoard in Relation to the Bell Beaker Metallurgy in the South-western Iberian Peninsula

A large ceramic vessel was discovered at São Brás (southern Portugal) containing a metallic hoard from the Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age period. These weapons and tools were characterized by microanalytical techniques as being composed of copper with varying arsenic contents (2.2± 1.6 wt%) and minor...

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Main Author: Valério, Pedro (author)
Other Authors: Soares, Joaquina (author), Araújo, Maria de Fátima (author), Alves, L. C. (author), Silva, Carlos Tavares da (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Iberian Peninsula
Chalcolithic
Bell Beaker
Material culture
Arsenical Copper
Micro-EDXRF
Micro-PIXE
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10451/34997
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/34997

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http://hdl.handle.net/10451/34997

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