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Science 10 June 1966:
Vol. 152. no. 3728, pp. 1504 - 1506
DOI: 10.1126/science.152.3728.1504
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Copper Artifacts: Correlation with Source Types of Copper Ores

A. M. Friedman 1, M. Conway 1, M. Kastner 1, J. Milsted 1, D. Metta 1, P. R. Fields 1, and E. Olsen 2

1 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60440
2 Chicago Natural History Museum, Chicago, Illinois

Six out of eight minor chemical elements, determined by spectroscopic and neutron-activation techniques, were found to be critical in computing a probability that a given copper artifact was derived from one of three types of copper ore: native metal, oxidized ore, reduced ore. Two elements, gold and tin, were apparently alloyed deliberately in many artifacts from both the Old World and the New World.

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