Аннотация
Rock-magnetic techniques were used to examine the topsoil layer of Kurma archaeological site (in the Olkhon region, on the north-western coast of Lake Baikal, Siberia) in an effort to determine the possible sources of iron ores for iron-smelting centres (at about the bc/ad boundary). Measurements have shown a magnetic enhancement of the topsoil due to magnetite grains resulting from weathering of strongly magnetic crystalline rocks. They have also revealed a preliminary picture of the distribution of strongly magnetic topsoils around the ancient iron-smelting centres. Perhaps, in addition to traditional sources of raw materials, the ancient metallurgists used black sand talus as an ore deposit.
Язык оригинала | английский |
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Страницы (с-по) | 511-527 |
Число страниц | 17 |
Журнал | Archaeometry |
Том | 59 |
Номер выпуска | 3 |
DOI | |
Состояние | Опубликовано - июн 2017 |
Опубликовано для внешнего пользования | Да |