Bronze Age Shang China is characterized by its large-scale production system and distinctive ritual world. Both are vividly materialized a large number of bronze vessels with added lead. Whilst remarkable amount research effort has been channeled into the trace elemental lead isotopic analysis these vessels, successfully revealed some important fingerprints such as highly radiogenic (HRL), ther...

The archaeometallurgy of copper have been pioneer technologies in ancient Iran and goes back to about ten thousand years ago in Iranian Plateau [1, 2]. The Haft Tappeh Middle Elamite Site is located in Southwest Iran and have been an important city belonging to early phase of Middle Elamite period (14th century BCE) [3, 4]. Based on various metallurgical evidences found in archaeological excava...

Abstract This article examines the archaeological timber remains from HMS Buffalo (built 1813), held in Mercury Bay Museum, New Zealand, and preserved hull of Edwin Fox 1853), sitting dry dock Picton, Zealand. Both ships were constructed near Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Archaeological recording methodologies included detailed recording, dendrochronology, archaeometallurgy, organic resinous analy...