Archaeometallurgy is an interdisciplinary and international field of study that examines all
aspects of the production, use, and consumption of metals from∼ 8000 BCE to the present …

On the basis of a review of major research achievements over the past ten years, this paper
discusses some challenging issues in current studies of ancient Chinese metallurgy, with a …

Christopher P. Thornton is a specialist in the ancient metallurgy of the Middle East,
combining anthropological theory with archaeometrical analysis to understand the …

Geochemical measurements on well-dated sediment cores from Lake Er (Erhai) are used to
determine the timing of changes in metal concentrations over 4500 years in Yunnan, a …

In the four decades since the discovery that a discrete Bronze Age preceded the Iron Age in
mainland Southeast Asia, much has been learned about the dating, technology, production …

As in most parts of the world, ancient Southeast Asian metal production and exchange has
been accorded great importance as a cultural and technological development with far …

The emergence and diffusion of metallurgical technology had tremendous environmental
consequence, however, the spatial-temporal consequences of the metallurgy during Bronze …

There are two models for the origins and timing of the Bronze Age in Southeast Asia. The
first centres on the sites of Ban Chiang and Non Nok Tha in Northeast Thailand. It places the …

Anthropogenic impacts on weathering processes in the late Holocene have been widely
demonstrated in recent studies, but the mechanism by which enhanced chemical …

Sediments from **nyun Lake in central Yunnan, southwest China, provide a record of
environmental history since the Holocene. With the application of multi-proxy indicators (total …