Studies on Archaeological Metals and Alloys

The scientific study of ancient metals and the remains of metallurgical activities is of obvious importance from the history of technology standpoint the conclusions and inferences drawn from such studies are often also helpful 

TABLE 45 Corrosion Products Identified in ArchaeoiogiccU Lead  

Phosgenite (mixture of iead chioride and iead carbonate) White 

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AAS has been widely used in Europe to study archaeological ceramics and metals, ranging from Chinese celadons (Pollard and Hatcher 1986) to Roman terra sigillata (Mirti et al. 1990), and from Renin bronzes (Willett and Sayre 2000) and Islamic brasses (Al-Saad 2000) to Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age copper alloys from ancient Israel (Shalev 1995). ICP-AES, using solution sampling, can potentially provide data on a wider range of elements... 

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