Proyecto “arqueometalurgia de la Península Ibérica” (1982-2017)

[EN] “The Archaeometallurgical project of the Iberian Penin-sula” started in 1982. Its aim was to study the prehistoric metallurgical technology and to expand the that time limited number of analyses in comparison with other European countries with more developed research. Initially the focus was Ch...

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Autores: Rovira Llorens, Salvador, Montero Ruiz, Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/195791
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/195791
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Arsenical copper
Lead isotopes
Metallography
Elemental analysis
Metallurgical technology
Databases
Vasijas de reducción
Tecnología metalúrgica
Prehistory
Bases de datos
Prehistoria
Análisis elemental
Metalografía
Isótopos de plomo
Smelting vessels
Cobres arsenicales
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Sumario:[EN] “The Archaeometallurgical project of the Iberian Penin-sula” started in 1982. Its aim was to study the prehistoric metallurgical technology and to expand the that time limited number of analyses in comparison with other European countries with more developed research. Initially the focus was Chalcolithic and Bronze Age metallurgy, analyzing metallurgical remains as well as the metal artifacts, but it has now expanded its scope to more recent periods. The main-techniques used over the 25 years of the project were XRF for elemental analysis (around 24,000 results), metallography (900) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), lead isotopes analysis and micro-hardness test. The project has contributed in a decisive manner to the interpretation of the metallurgical technology. The information obtained supported the point of view that arsenic was a natural alloy, permitted the definition of the metallurgical structures during the early metallurgy, and established the scale of the production and the impact of metallurgy on the environment and social organization of later prehistoric Iberia.