Journal of Archaeology in the Low Countries 3-1 (November 2011)

The Production Process and Potential Usage of Bronze Geistingen Axes

Janneke Nienhuis, Jilt Sietsma, Stijn Arnoldussen

Keywords: bronze, Geistingen, axe, microstructure, secondary dendrite arm spacing, copper-sulphide, smeltingre-meltingLate Bronze Age, deposition


Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Methodology and analyses
2.1 Samples
2.2 Analytical techniques
3 Results and discussion
3.1 Composition
3.2 Microstructure
3.3 Production
4 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Notes
References