Ref ID:	29828
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	De Ryck, I. Adriaens, A. Adams, F.
Title:	An overview of Mesopotamian bronze metallurgy during the 3rd millennium BC
Date:	2005
Source:	Journal of Cultural Heritage
Abstract:	Literature results of chemical bronze analyses originating from Near Eastern excavation sites have been assembled to obtain a general overview of the Mesopotamian bronze technology during the 3rd millennium BC. Results show that at the end of the 4th and at the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC arsenic alloys with an arsenic concentration up to 5% were generally into use, while tin bronzes were introduced during the middle of the 3rd millennium. This introduction appears almost synchronously over the entire region of Mesopotamia, although there is an indication that the tin bronze introduction was slightly later in southern Mesopotamia.
Date Created:	10/9/2007
Volume:	6
Number:	3
Page Start:	261
Page End:	268