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Lead isotope compositions provide a direct means of assessing provenance. The lead contents in bronzes cannot be used to argue against lead isotopes. Any claim for the origin of the source material for the origin of Yin‐Shang bronzes must satisfy the measured lead isotope compositions. Thus far, onl...

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Published inArchaeometry Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 1036 - 1039
Main Authors Sun, W.‐D., Zhang, L.‐P., Guo, J., Li, C.‐Y., Jiang, Y.‐H., Zhang, Z.‐F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2018
Subjects
Archaeology
Bronze
Bronze Age
Highly radiogenic
Isotopes
Lead isotope
Provenance
Yin‐Shang
China
Africa
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Summary:Lead isotope compositions provide a direct means of assessing provenance. The lead contents in bronzes cannot be used to argue against lead isotopes. Any claim for the origin of the source material for the origin of Yin‐Shang bronzes must satisfy the measured lead isotope compositions. Thus far, only southern African sources are found to meet this criteria.
ISSN:0003-813X
1475-4754
DOI:10.1111/arcm.12412