Provenance study on Chinese bronze artefacts of E in the Zhou Dynasty by lead isotope analysis》.pdf

Journal of Archaeological Science 52 (2014) 515 e523 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Archaeological Science journal homepage: http://www.elsevier .com/locate/jas Provenance study on Chinese bronze artefacts of E in the Zhou Dynasty by lead isotope analysis Di Mu a, b, Guoding Song a, b, Benxin Cui c, Hongmin Wang d, Wei Wang c, Wugan Luo a, b, * a Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100044, China b Department of Scientifi c History and Archaeometry, School of Humanities, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China c Institute of Cultural Relic Research of Nanyang City, Nanyang, Henan 473000, China d Foreign Affairs Offi ce, National Museum of China, Beijing 100006, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Lead isotope ratios of eight Chinese bronze artefacts from the Xiaxiangpu site (Nanyang City, Henan Received 19 April 2014 Province) were analysed and compared with those of natural ores and other Chinese bronze artefacts. Received in revised form This study attempts to find out the isotopic characteristics of bronze artefacts from the late Western Zhou 13 September 2014 to the early Eastern Zhou period by taking the bronzes of E as an example. Another important aspect of Accepted 27 September 2014 Available online 6 October 2014 the study is to test whether there is an associat