Earliest bronze in Gansu, north-west China

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dc.contributor.authorDodson, JRen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-26T23:29:47Zen_AU
dc.date.available2022-10-26T23:29:47Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2009-12-02en_AU
dc.date.statistics2022-01-27en_AU
dc.description.abstractUnderstanding of the origin and development of bronze technology in eastern Asia is at an early stage. It is not known if there was a spread of the technology from Mesopotamia, around 3,300 BC, or whether it developed independently in eastern Asia. Here we examine some early settlement sites in Gansu which include evidence of complex agriculture and abundant bronze slag and ore. Here we examine the lead and strontium isotopic composition of bronze slag and copper ores from archaeological sites and a mine in western Gansu. In addition we have carried out geochemical analyses of two ancient lake sediment sequences, and in particular looked for enhanced signatures of copper and other cations. It is probable that multiple sources of ore were used in bronze manufacture and that this has taken place in Gansu since at least 3,700 BP. The archaeological sites contain abundant millet seeds and occasional wheat, barley and oat seeds, and fragments of pottery, animal bone and occasional human grave sites. Clearly these were well-developed and sophisticated societies for the time and there were transfers of technology and people about 2000 years earlier than is recognised by what became known as the Silk Road.en_AU
dc.identifier.booktitle10th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference and 3rd Australasian Hydrogeology Research Conference abstract volume : Resources and Chemistry Precinct, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 1st-3rd December 2009en_AU
dc.identifier.citationDodson, J. (2009). Earliest bronze in Gansu, north-west China. Invited plenary presented to the 10th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference and 3rd Australasian Hydrogeology Research Conference, Resources and Chemistry Precinct, Curtin University Perth, Western Australia 1st – 3rd December 2009. In Grice, K. & Trinajstic, K. (eds), The 10th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference and 3rd Australasian Hydrogeology Research Conference abstract volume : Resources and Chemistry Precinct, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, 1st-3rd December 2009, (pp. vii).en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate3 December 2009en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencename10th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference and 3rd Australasian Hydrogeology Research Conferenceen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplacePerth, Western Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate1 December 2009en_AU
dc.identifier.editorsGrice, K. & Trinajstic, K.en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn9780980743609en_AU
dc.identifier.paginationviiien_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/13935en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralasian Environmental Isotope Conferenceen_AU
dc.subjectBronzeen_AU
dc.subjectChinaen_AU
dc.subjectStrontiumen_AU
dc.subjectCopperen_AU
dc.subjectHistorical aspectsen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeological sitesen_AU
dc.subjectSlagsen_AU
dc.subjectOresen_AU
dc.titleEarliest bronze in Gansu, north-west Chinaen_AU
dc.typeConference Presentationen_AU
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