Comment on ‘Did China Import Metals from Africa in the Bronze Age?’

Weidong Sun · Lipeng Zhang · Zhongjian Zhang

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Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis

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Lead isotope compositions provide a direct means of assessing provenance. The lead contents in bronzes cannot be used to argue against lead isotopes. Any claim for the origin of the source material for the origin of Yin‐Shang bronzes must satisfy the measured lead isotope compositions. Thus far, only southern African sources are found to meet this criteria.

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2009Metallurgy in Ancient Eastern Asia: Retrospect and Prospects 2014A novel approach to lead isotope provenance studies of tin and bronze: applications to South African, Botswanan and Romanian artifacts 2015Archaeometallurgical studies in China: some recent developments and challenging issues 2016Origin of the mysterious Yin-Shang bronzes in China indicated by lead isotopes 2018Did China Import Metals from Africa in the Bronze Age?

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