Hello,
We are studying the copper based objects from El Oualadji and Killi (Mali,
11th century AD) which shows as in other sub-saharian african sites the
first trans-saharian contacts (brass importations).
We would like to know the situation of the copper metallurgy at the same
period in the islamic world, and more specially in northern Africa :
-which alloys were used ?
-do we know something of the provenance of the copper ?
...
Caroline Robion
Ph-D student
Museum d'Histoire Naturelle
59, rue Oberkampf
75011 Paris
Benoit Mille et David Bourgarit
Groupe metallurgie
Centre de recherche et de restauration des musees de France
LRMF - CNRS UMR 171
Palais du Louvre
6, rue des Pyramides
75041 Paris Cedex 01 - France
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