Ref ID:	37064
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Cui, Chunpeng Li, Yanxiang Li, Chenyuan Gong, Xicheng
Title:	Two alloying technology from the Muyushan site (Anhui Province, China): evidence for tin bronze and arsenic bronze smelting in the lower Yangtze River ca. 1100BC ~ 500 BC
Date:	2022
Source:	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
DOI:	10.1007/s12520-022-01610-6 Article Number 140
Abstract:	The Muyushan site in Tongling City is the largest site of metallurgical production during the Bronze Age in the lower reaches of Yangtze River in Southern Anhui, China. Twenty-two samples of slag collected are analyzed with SEM–EDS. The examinations indicate that the Cu-Sn and Cu-As alloys were obtained at the site. We further discuss the two-step smelting process of bronze production and the source of tin materials. The technological process and importance of arsenic bronze metallurgy here are also discussed. It is worth noting that the copper diamond-shaped ingots popular in the early stage of Southern Anhui also have a strong production signal in Muyushan area. The paper has an important academic value of studying the earlier metallurgy technology and the industrial pattern in the lower reaches of Yangtze River, pointing that the arsenic bronze still produced in the lower Yangtze area during the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period (ca. 1100BC ~ 500 BC) is worthy of attention.
Volume:	14
Page Start:	1
Page End:	11