The metalwork from Flag Fen
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Jan 28, 2022
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115 analyses were made from metal objects from the Bronze and Iron Ages at Flag Fen. Firstly this was to identify the metals and alloys used and then, using the robust chronology now existing for Bronze Age compositions, to assign many of the objects to a period where this was not possible on typological grounds. The results are used to show how the use of metal on the site reflects the intensity of other activity there. Lead isotope analyses were also made on many of the objects sampled and the results support the picture of the metalwork built up on the basis of composition and typology. Special attention is paid to the tin and tin-lead alloy objects and their nearest parallels from Swiss Lake sites.
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Romande, 15-16).
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The metalwork from Flag Fen. (2022). Historical Metallurgy, 28(2), 103-111. https://hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/463
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The metalwork from Flag Fen. (2022). Historical Metallurgy, 28(2), 103-111. https://hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/463