Provenance of early bronze age metal artefacts in western Switzerland using elemental and lead isotopic compositions and their possible relation with copper minerals of the nearby Valais
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Cattin, Florence
Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology and Human Peopling, Department of Anthropology, University of Geneva, Switzerland - Geology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium
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Guénette-Beck, Barbara
Geosciences Department, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Curdy, Philippe
Musées cantonaux du Valais, Sion, Switzerland
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Meisser, Nicolas
Musée cantonal de géologie, Quartier UNIL – Dorigny, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ansermet, Stefan
Musée cantonal de géologie, Quartier UNIL – Dorigny, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Hofmann, Beda
Natural History Museum in Bern, Switzerland
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Kündig, Rainer
Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Hubert, Vera
Swiss National Museum, Affoltern a. Albis, Switzerland
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Wörle, Marie
Swiss National Museum, Affoltern a. Albis, Switzerland
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Hametner, Kathrin
ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Zurich, Switzerland
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Günther, Detlef
ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Bioscience, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry, Zurich, Switzerland
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Wichser, Adrian
Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research, Duebendorf, Switzerland
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Ulrich, Andrea
Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Testing and Research, Duebendorf, Switzerland
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Villa, Igor M.
Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Switzerland - Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche e Geotecnologie, Università di Milano, Italy
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Besse, Marie
Laboratory of Prehistoric Archaeology and Human Peopling, Department of Anthropology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Journal of Archaeological Science. - 2011, vol. 38, no. 6, p. 1221-1233
English
Ten Early Bronze Age (BzA1, 2200-2000 BC) copper artefacts from the central Valais region from Switzerland were studied for their elemental composition and lead isotope ratios. In order to answer the archaeological question of a local copper supply, a database for copper minerals across the Valais (Switzerland) has been established. This database contains 69 data on lead isotope ratios as well as additional information on the minerals and geochemical associations for copper minerals from 38 locations in the Valais. Comparisons of the artefacts were also made with data pertaining to minerals from various deposits from Europe and Anatolia taken from the literature. The provenance of the materials is very diverse. Some of the data are compatible with the data from the copper mineral deposits of the Valais region. Moreover, three copper lunulae were identified as possibly Tuscan, which demonstrates contacts between Italy and the Valais region. This pattern also establishes a multiplicity of provenances for the metal and cultural influences in the Alpine environment of the Rhone Valley of Switzerland at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age.
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- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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- Département de Géosciences
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Archeology
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https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/301648
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