In:
Revue d'Archéométrie, PERSEE Program, Vol. 1, No. 1 ( 1981), p. 331-340
Abstract:
The investigation of three ore-and flux samples and of metal and slag of a crucible from the Ambelikou- Aletri (Cyprus) excavation have shown, that one sample was a very reactive flux consisting of CaC03-Mn0 ? mineral. The other two samples contained copper silicate which could not be smelted without the addition of the flux with the smelting furnaces used during the chalcolithic II (~ 2500 B.C.) period. The smelters of that time used blowing pipes and charcoal and were in a position to produce easily from the silicous ore a high grade blister copper by addition of the CaC03~Mn02 _ flux which was probably refined in the crucible found at the same excavation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0399-1237
DOI:
10.3406/arsci.1981.1164
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
1981
SSG:
6,14
SSG:
8
SSG:
6,12
SSG:
6,11
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