ANALYSIS OF OBJECTS FROM STANWAY, COLCHESTER
Author(s): Sarah Paynter
Five ditched enclosures and a number of burials, dating to between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, were discovered at Stanway, near Colchester. A large number of well preserved copper alloy and glass artefacts, and iron objects including two currency bars, were recovered from the site. Some copper alloy objects, including vessels and brooches, and also glass artefacts, such as beads and gaming counters, were examined and analysed using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (XRF), a non-destructive technique, in order to characterise the materials and methods used in their construction. A section from one of the currency bars was examined metallographically to determine what type of iron alloy was used. The slag inclusions in the bar were analysed and the compositional data obtained will contribute to continuing research into the sources of currency bars.
- Report Number:
- 72/2002
- Series:
- CfA Reports
- Pages:
- 29
- Keywords:
- Copper Alloy Glass Iron Iron Age Lead/Tin Alloy Roman Technology
