X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS OF IRON AGE METAL WORKING DEBRIS FROM WICK AVENUE, WHEATHAMPSTEAD, HERTFORDSHIRE
Author(s): M Dennis
The site produced fragments of moulds and crucibles used for the melting of bronze and silver and the casting of bronze linchpins or ferrules. It is speculated that the zinc content of the bronze may be from a copper ore containing zinc. Also identified were fragments of a triangular loom weight and other ceramics.
- Report Number:
- 3/1999
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 12
- Keywords:
- Metal Working-Fe
