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Author
Ruiz-Delgado, Manuel M.; Hunt-Ortiz, M.A.
Author Affiliation
Universidad de Sevilla
Title Of Article Chaper
A new late Bronze Age weapon hoard from the Guadalquivir River in the province of Seville, Spain
Title Of Journal Book
Historical metallurgy
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
31-34
ISSN
0142-3304
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
This paper refers to a new late Bronze Age weapon hoard from the Guadalquivir river (province of Seville, Spain) consisting of a carp's tongue sword, a ferrule, and a socketed spearhead. The absence of archaeological context for this kind of weapon hoard has made dating difficult, but recently a carp's tongue sword has been found in a stratigraphic sequence, giving a date of 950 to 850 BC. The three samples are tin bronzes. The ore source and the copper smelting process used could be indicated by the barium and iron contents, respectively. The lead contained came from the smelted ore. The metallographic examination indicated that one specimen had an as cast structure and the two others had been cold worked.
pub_id
35013