16979
Accession Number
29981
Title Of Article Chaper
A Technical Study of Luristan Bronzes from Ancient Iran
Title Of Journal Book
Papers Presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual ANAGPIC Conference: Student Papers
Pages
17-30
Collation
14 p. : ills.
Reference Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The Luristan metalworkers from ancient Iran produced a great complexity and quantity of bronze artifacts dating from 2500-650 BCE. The Ancient Art Department of the Harvard University Art Museums has approximately ninety Luristan objects ranging from weapons to decorative implements. A group of twenty-five objects were chosen for study. To examine the manufacturing methods that produced these bronzes binocular microscopy and x-radiography were done. Electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) was used to analyze their chemical composition, and a metallographic section was taken from one dagger to learn about its coldworking. The identification and analysis of a modern casting in the group is discussed, and the pseudomorphs on the two daggers are described.
Keywords
bronze; study; artifact
pub_id
16979