title: [The application of trace element analysis to the study of provenance of copper minerals in ancient bronzes].
abstract: The simulated smelting and founding experiment of bronze showed that the copper minerals from different regions could be distinguished clearly by using the multi-statistical analysis based on choosing the chalcophile elements determined by ICP-AES. In the present paper, the data of trace elements in bronzes from Panlongcheng Site and Ezhou, which were determined by NAA, were tried to be processed. The analytical result showed that the bronzes from Panlongcheng and Ezhou could be divided clearly, just like the results of the former simulated smelting and founding experiment of bronze. So, the feasibility of trace element analysis for the study of provenance of copper minerals in ancient bronzes was proved again.
authors.affiliation: Center of Scientific and Technological Archaeology, Wuhan University, Wuchang 430072, China.
authors.forename: Qing-lin
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jun-xiao
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Zhen-wei
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Chang-sui
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-li
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Chen