Doug:
For your first question, there is a possibility that trace elemental
analysis might help. But this could take a lot of time work to confirm.
Ron Hancock
Doug Weller wrote:
> Couple of questions.
>
> 1. How can one distinguish one source of copper from another?
>
> 2. Any comments on this quote?:
>
> "George Ellinger, a metallurgist for the National Bureau of Standards,
> summarized the analysis of tool specimens submitted by six museums: "The
> presence of cuprous oxide in the interior of the tools tested and the
> concavity caused by shrinking justify the conclusion that the vast
> majority of the ancient [American] tools were cast". (From Gunnar
> Thompson, AMERICAN DISCOVERY, p. 148, citing Mallery & Harrison
> (1979:224-5))
>
> Thanks. Part of yet another stupid argument with someone claiming that
> Berbers/Beakers were responsible for the Old Copper Culture.
>
> Doug
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