Metallurgists' tools in the Early Bronze Age of Brittany? Revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes
International audience The question of the emergence and development of copper and bronze metallurgies is a major issue in addressing the cultural and economic dynamics of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age in Western Europe. This phenomenon is particularly relevant along the Atlantic coast, wh...
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Metallurgy Lithic tools Copper Early Bronze age Brittany Use-wear analysis X-ray fluorescence Portable XRF spectrometry (pXRF) Synchrotron radiation (Sy-XRF) XRF métallurgie cuivre outillage lithique âge du Bronze ancien Bretagne tracéologie fluorescence des rayons X spectroscopie XRF portable rayonnement synchrotron [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry |
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Metallurgy Lithic tools Copper Early Bronze age Brittany Use-wear analysis X-ray fluorescence Portable XRF spectrometry (pXRF) Synchrotron radiation (Sy-XRF) XRF métallurgie cuivre outillage lithique âge du Bronze ancien Bretagne tracéologie fluorescence des rayons X spectroscopie XRF portable rayonnement synchrotron [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry Hamon, Caroline Reguer, Solenn Brisotto, Vérane Le Carlier de Veslud, Cécile Donnart, Klet Blanchet, Stéphane Pailler, Yvan Escats, Yoann Bellot-Gurlet, Ludovic Metallurgists' tools in the Early Bronze Age of Brittany? Revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes |
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Metallurgy Lithic tools Copper Early Bronze age Brittany Use-wear analysis X-ray fluorescence Portable XRF spectrometry (pXRF) Synchrotron radiation (Sy-XRF) XRF métallurgie cuivre outillage lithique âge du Bronze ancien Bretagne tracéologie fluorescence des rayons X spectroscopie XRF portable rayonnement synchrotron [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry |
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International audience The question of the emergence and development of copper and bronze metallurgies is a major issue in addressing the cultural and economic dynamics of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age in Western Europe. This phenomenon is particularly relevant along the Atlantic coast, where the Armorican peninsula is central for better understanding how the control of these new productions contributed to the emergence of new elites and their chiefs, notably within the Armorican Tumulus culture (2150-1750 BC).However, evidence of Early Bronze Age mining activities and metallurgical production workshops remains scarce on the Atlantic coast, particularly in the Armorican Massif. The rare sources of copper ore are generally poor which have long suggested that the presence of metallic objects discovered in the rich burials of these periods, in particular in the tumuli of the Early Bronze Age, could only be the result of imports over more or less long distances. Recent work on the composition of some Armorican bronze objects has also highlighted a close proximity to ores from Ross Island in Ireland, suggesting that ores or ingots were imported from other regions, including across the Channel. Other works have nevertheless underlined that the exploitation of local copper veins could be envisaged in the Armorican Massif, especially as copper objects appear to concentrate in this area. Therefore, the discovery of direct or indirect evidence of copper metallurgy, particularly on settlement sites, is crucial for these periods. The presence of rare crucibles, moulds and ingots, as well as hearth structures and even furnaces, are precious clues for identifying possible episodes of metallurgical production. Stone tools constitute a second group of clues attesting metallurgical production throughout the Bronze Age, since they are now known to have been used at different stages of the operating chain, from the extraction and transformation of ores to the shaping and finishing of metal objects by hammering and ... |
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Trajectoires - UMR 8215 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap) Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH) Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Nantes - UFR Histoire, Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie (UFR HHAA) Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Ministère de la Culture (MC) EVEHA (Etudes et valorisations archeologiques) De la Molécule aux Nanos-objets : Réactivité, Interactions et Spectroscopies (MONARIS) Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Metallurgists' tools in the Early Bronze Age of Brittany? Revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes |
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Metallurgists' tools in the Early Bronze Age of Brittany? Revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes |
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Metallurgists' tools in the Early Bronze Age of Brittany? Revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes |
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Metallurgists' tools in the Early Bronze Age of Brittany? Revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes |
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Metallurgists' tools in the Early Bronze Age of Brittany? Revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes |
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metallurgists' tools in the early bronze age of brittany? revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes |
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ISSN: 0249-7638 EISSN: 1760-7361 Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française https://hal.science/hal-03554228 Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 2021, 118 (4), pp.697-737 http://www.prehistoire.org/shop_515-49792-5446-800/17-2021-tome-118-4-p.-697-737-c.-hamon-s.-reguer-v.-brisotto-c.-le-carlier-de-veslud-k.-donnart-s.-blanchet-y.-pailler-y.-escats-l.-bellot-gurlet-des-outils-de-metallurgistes-dans-le-bronze-ancien-de-bretagne-reveler-l.html |
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ftunivparis1:oai:HAL:hal-03554228v1 2024-05-12T08:10:27+00:00 Metallurgists' tools in the Early Bronze Age of Brittany? Revealing the role of lithic macro-tools by associating the X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and traceological analyzes Des outils de métallurgistes dans le Bronze ancien de Bretagne ? Révéler le rôle du macro-outillage lithique en associant analyses tracéologiques et de spectroscopie de fluorescence X Hamon, Caroline Reguer, Solenn Brisotto, Vérane Le Carlier de Veslud, Cécile Donnart, Klet Blanchet, Stéphane Pailler, Yvan Escats, Yoann Bellot-Gurlet, Ludovic Trajectoires - UMR 8215 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (UP1)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Synchrotron SOLEIL (SSOLEIL) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap) Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH) Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Nantes - UFR Histoire, Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie (UFR HHAA) Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Ministère de la Culture (MC) EVEHA (Etudes et valorisations archeologiques) De la Molécule aux Nanos-objets : Réactivité, Interactions et Spectroscopies (MONARIS) Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2021 https://hal.science/hal-03554228 https://hal.science/hal-03554228/document https://hal.science/hal-03554228/file/00-BSPF_2021_4_HAMON.pdf fr fre HAL CCSD Société préhistorique française hal-03554228 https://hal.science/hal-03554228 https://hal.science/hal-03554228/document https://hal.science/hal-03554228/file/00-BSPF_2021_4_HAMON.pdf info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess ISSN: 0249-7638 EISSN: 1760-7361 Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française https://hal.science/hal-03554228 Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 2021, 118 (4), pp.697-737 http://www.prehistoire.org/shop_515-49792-5446-800/17-2021-tome-118-4-p.-697-737-c.-hamon-s.-reguer-v.-brisotto-c.-le-carlier-de-veslud-k.-donnart-s.-blanchet-y.-pailler-y.-escats-l.-bellot-gurlet-des-outils-de-metallurgistes-dans-le-bronze-ancien-de-bretagne-reveler-l.html Metallurgy Lithic tools Copper Early Bronze age Brittany Use-wear analysis X-ray fluorescence Portable XRF spectrometry (pXRF) Synchrotron radiation (Sy-XRF) XRF métallurgie cuivre outillage lithique âge du Bronze ancien Bretagne tracéologie fluorescence des rayons X spectroscopie XRF portable rayonnement synchrotron [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [CHIM.ANAL]Chemical Sciences/Analytical chemistry info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 ftunivparis1 2024-04-18T00:06:04Z International audience The question of the emergence and development of copper and bronze metallurgies is a major issue in addressing the cultural and economic dynamics of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age in Western Europe. This phenomenon is particularly relevant along the Atlantic coast, where the Armorican peninsula is central for better understanding how the control of these new productions contributed to the emergence of new elites and their chiefs, notably within the Armorican Tumulus culture (2150-1750 BC).However, evidence of Early Bronze Age mining activities and metallurgical production workshops remains scarce on the Atlantic coast, particularly in the Armorican Massif. The rare sources of copper ore are generally poor which have long suggested that the presence of metallic objects discovered in the rich burials of these periods, in particular in the tumuli of the Early Bronze Age, could only be the result of imports over more or less long distances. Recent work on the composition of some Armorican bronze objects has also highlighted a close proximity to ores from Ross Island in Ireland, suggesting that ores or ingots were imported from other regions, including across the Channel. Other works have nevertheless underlined that the exploitation of local copper veins could be envisaged in the Armorican Massif, especially as copper objects appear to concentrate in this area. Therefore, the discovery of direct or indirect evidence of copper metallurgy, particularly on settlement sites, is crucial for these periods. The presence of rare crucibles, moulds and ingots, as well as hearth structures and even furnaces, are precious clues for identifying possible episodes of metallurgical production. Stone tools constitute a second group of clues attesting metallurgical production throughout the Bronze Age, since they are now known to have been used at different stages of the operating chain, from the extraction and transformation of ores to the shaping and finishing of metal objects by hammering and ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Ross Island Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: HAL Ross Island |