Preliminary scientific analysis of bronze artifacts unearthed from the Zhonghuo Cemetery,Dingxiang County of Shanxi Province,China
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(1. Institute of Historical Metallurgy and Materials, University of Science and Technology,Beijing 100083, China ;2.Heritage Management Office of Xinzhou, Xin Zhou 034000,China)
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As one of the most important discoveries in early stage of Chinese archeology , Zhonghuo cemetery has yielded a large number of bronze objects representative ofthe Spring and Autumn Period. This paper presents the results of a preliminary examination of 17 bronze objects from this cemetery. The results showed that casting wasthe principal production process.In addition, hot forging and cold processingwas used. The principal materials used incasting vessels were ternary CuPb alloys. Someof weapons and tools were made with a CuSn binary alloy.This study shows that the producers were capable of choosing different materialsto make appropriate products.