Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, Volume. 37, Issue 3, 929(2017)
Study on Smelting Remains of Tangjiadun Site
The furnace walls and slags from Tangjiadun site in Zongyang County of Anhui Province were analyzed by means of X-ray fluorescence spectrometer (XRF), X-ray diffraction analyzer (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) in order to probe into the copper smelting technology of Tangjiadun site. Results show that the furnace walls are from the copper smelting furnaces and the slags are the reduced slag. According to the concentrations of elements As, Ag, Sb and Bi in copper prills, it can be calculated that relative probabilities that these copper prills in the slags come from the copper sulfide ore reach over 87. 87%. Combined with the results of SEM-EDS, the smelting process of “copper sulphide ore-copper” was used in Tangjiadun site, and the smelting remains (slags and prills) were considered as the smelting products of sulphide copper ore. This study is not only beneficial to research on bronze cultural of Zongyang County, but also has very important significance to explore the development and evolution of bronze metallurgy technology in Zongyang-Lujiang area.
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WEI Guo-feng, GAO Shun-li, QIN Ying, WANG Le-qun. Study on Smelting Remains of Tangjiadun Site[J]. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 2017, 37(3): 929
Received: Aug. 26, 2015
Accepted: --
Published Online: Jun. 20, 2017
The Author Email: Guo-feng WEI (weigf@mail.ustc.edu.cn)