John,
I suggest that you post this request to arch-metals, a mailbase list
devoted tot he archaeology and history of the winning and use of metals. I know
that various members of that list have worked on this sort of topic.
On Wed, 2 Feb 2000 00:50:38 +0000 John Colby <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> If this has cross posted, apologies.
>
> I was told by Justin Brooke (the Cornish mining Historian) that work had
> been performed on trace metal analysis of Mediterranean bronze artefacts
> of various ages with regard to trace metals or significant impurities
> which would lead to provenancing the tin (and copper?) used.
>
> Can anyone point me in the direction of any work on this subject? Or to
> any work which has more detail on the trade in Cornish Tin in antiquity
> which is beyond assumption. It seems that I have a large number of
> references which state this trade as a fact (or 'it is said that') but
> none where analysis has been performed.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
>
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