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60574
Title
Natural preservation mechanisms at play in a Bronze age wooden shovel found in the copper mines of Alderley Edge
Contributors
AD Smith (STFC) (Pr.Au.)
,
DI Green (University of Manchester)
,
JM Charnock (University of Manchester)
,
E Pantos (STFC)
,
AJNW Prag (The Manchester Museum)
Abstract
A wooden shovel, dating from the Early Bronze Age, has survived in a remarkable state of preservation in the copper mines of Alderley Edge, Cheshire UK. Other historic timbers recovered from the mines, whilst still intact, have fared less well. An X-ray investigation into the distribution of minerals through the shovel using portable X-ray Fluorescence (PXRF) along with the use of synchrotron-based X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) measurements of the copper and arsenic chemical speciations has provided clues to the methods by which metals from the mining environment have entered the wood of the shovel and ensured its survival. The insights gained are expected to be applicable to other wooden artefacts recovered from ancient copper mines in other places.
Organisation
SRS
,
ASTeC
,
STFC
,
ASTeC-Ph
Keywords
Materials
,
Archaeology
,
spectroscopy
,
EXAFS
,
copper
,
Bronze-Age
,
PXRF
,
arsenic
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Language
English (EN)
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Year
Journal Article
J Arch Sci
(2011): 38, 3029-3037.
10.1016/j.jas.2011.06.036
2011
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