Tin isotope fractionation during experimental cassiterite smelting and its implication for tracing the tin sources of prehistoric metal artefacts

Provenance studies of metal artefacts are well-established in the interdisciplinary field of science-based archaeology primarily using the chemical and isotopic composition. In the last decades, tin isotopes became gradually more important as a fingerprinting tool for the provenance of tin, but many...

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Hauptverfasser: Berger, Daniel (VerfasserIn) , Pernicka, Ernst (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 14 March 2018
In: Journal of archaeological science
Year: 2018, Jahrgang: 92, Pages: 73-86
ISSN:1095-9238
DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2018.02.006
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Verfasserangaben:Daniel Berger, Elin Figueiredo, Gerhard Brügmann, Ernst Pernicka

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