Early bronze in two Holocene archaeological sites in Gansu, NW China

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dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLi, XQen_AU
dc.contributor.authorJi, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhao, KLen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZhou, XYen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLevchenko, VAen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-02T05:57:04Zen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-30T05:05:41Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-03-02T05:57:04Zen_AU
dc.date.available2010-04-30T05:05:41Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2009-11en_AU
dc.date.statistics2009-11en_AU
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding of the origin and development of bronze technology in eastern Asia remains unresolved. Here we report on the distribution of copper and associated cations in sediments from Huoshiliang in northwestern Gansu, China, strontium and lead isotope analyses of ore and slag samples, and some artifact fragments at archaeological sites at Ganggangwa and Huoshiliang in the Black River valley. We conclude that bronze production began perhaps as early as 2135 BC and that the Baishantang modern mine site at Dingxin was a possible source of copper ore. There was at least one other, but currently unidentified, source of ore. The Bronze Age people were also farmers and planted cereals such as wheat, and they may have abandoned the region when wood was exhausted and desertification took over. © 2009, Elsevier Ltd.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationDodson, J. R., Li, X. Q., Ji, M., Zhao, K. L., Zhou, X. Y., & Levchenko, V. (2009). Early bronze in two holocene archaeological sites in Gansu, NW China. Quaternary Research, 72(3), 309-314. doi:10.1016/j.yqres.2009.07.004en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc1367en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0033-5894en_AU
dc.identifier.issue3en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleQuaternary Researchen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination309-314en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2009.07.004en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/2930en_AU
dc.identifier.volume72en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherElsevieren_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectBronzeen_AU
dc.subjectSedimentsen_AU
dc.subjectQuaternary perioden_AU
dc.subjectArchaeological sitesen_AU
dc.subjectCopper oresen_AU
dc.titleEarly bronze in two Holocene archaeological sites in Gansu, NW Chinaen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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