TY  - JOUR
AU  - Mason, Andrea
AU  - Powell, Wayne
AU  - Bankoff, Arthur H.
AU  - Mathur, Ryan
AU  - Bulatović, Aleksandar
AU  - Filipović, Vojislav
AU  - Ruiz, J.
PY  - 2016
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/256
AB  - Isotopic analysis has proved to be an effective approach to determine the provenance of copper ore sources for the production of bronze artifacts. More recently, methods for Sn isotopic analysis of bronze have been developed. However, the viability of tin isotopes as a means to define groupings that may be attributed to varying ore sources, production methods, or recycling is still in question. In part, this is due to the numerically and/or geographically limited nature of published datasets. This study reports on the Sn isotopic composition of 52 artifacts from the later Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) from Serbia and western Romania. The majority of samples cluster between 0.4 and 0.8 per mil for delta Sn-124, and 0.2 and 0.4 per mil for delta Sn-120 (relative to NIST SRM 3161A), and this isotopic grouping of bronze artifacts occurs across Serbia. However, groupings of isotopically heavier and lighter artifacts are evident, and each corresponds to a more limited geographic range. Artifacts associated with higher delta Sn values are limited to the Vojvodina region of northern Serbia, whereas a cluster of bronzes with lower Sn-isotopic signatures are constrained to the Banat along the Serbia-Romania border, and Transylvania. One low-value outlier corresponds to an uncontextualized find near Krusevac at the southern extent of the study area. Geographic correlation of the low-value cluster with known tin mineralization in Transylvania, and the moderate-value cluster with placer tin deposits of western Serbia, suggests that these distinct bronze Sn-isotopic signatures might reflect exploitation of different tin ores. The small cluster of high Sn-isotopic values from bronzes from the Vojvodina region might reflect bronze recycling in this area that lies furthest from both known tin ore sources.
PB  - Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London
T2  - Journal of Archaeological Science
T1  - Tin isotope characterization of bronze artifacts of the central Balkans
EP  - 117
SP  - 110
VL  - 69
DO  - 10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.012
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Mason, Andrea and Powell, Wayne and Bankoff, Arthur H. and Mathur, Ryan and Bulatović, Aleksandar and Filipović, Vojislav and Ruiz, J.",
year = "2016",
abstract = "Isotopic analysis has proved to be an effective approach to determine the provenance of copper ore sources for the production of bronze artifacts. More recently, methods for Sn isotopic analysis of bronze have been developed. However, the viability of tin isotopes as a means to define groupings that may be attributed to varying ore sources, production methods, or recycling is still in question. In part, this is due to the numerically and/or geographically limited nature of published datasets. This study reports on the Sn isotopic composition of 52 artifacts from the later Bronze Age (1500-1100 BCE) from Serbia and western Romania. The majority of samples cluster between 0.4 and 0.8 per mil for delta Sn-124, and 0.2 and 0.4 per mil for delta Sn-120 (relative to NIST SRM 3161A), and this isotopic grouping of bronze artifacts occurs across Serbia. However, groupings of isotopically heavier and lighter artifacts are evident, and each corresponds to a more limited geographic range. Artifacts associated with higher delta Sn values are limited to the Vojvodina region of northern Serbia, whereas a cluster of bronzes with lower Sn-isotopic signatures are constrained to the Banat along the Serbia-Romania border, and Transylvania. One low-value outlier corresponds to an uncontextualized find near Krusevac at the southern extent of the study area. Geographic correlation of the low-value cluster with known tin mineralization in Transylvania, and the moderate-value cluster with placer tin deposits of western Serbia, suggests that these distinct bronze Sn-isotopic signatures might reflect exploitation of different tin ores. The small cluster of high Sn-isotopic values from bronzes from the Vojvodina region might reflect bronze recycling in this area that lies furthest from both known tin ore sources.",
publisher = "Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
title = "Tin isotope characterization of bronze artifacts of the central Balkans",
pages = "117-110",
volume = "69",
doi = "10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.012"
}

Mason, A., Powell, W., Bankoff, A. H., Mathur, R., Bulatović, A., Filipović, V.,& Ruiz, J.. (2016). Tin isotope characterization of bronze artifacts of the central Balkans. in Journal of Archaeological Science
Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London., 69, 110-117.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.012

Mason A, Powell W, Bankoff AH, Mathur R, Bulatović A, Filipović V, Ruiz J. Tin isotope characterization of bronze artifacts of the central Balkans. in Journal of Archaeological Science. 2016;69:110-117.
doi:10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.012 .

Mason, Andrea, Powell, Wayne, Bankoff, Arthur H., Mathur, Ryan, Bulatović, Aleksandar, Filipović, Vojislav, Ruiz, J., "Tin isotope characterization of bronze artifacts of the central Balkans" in Journal of Archaeological Science, 69 (2016):110-117,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2016.04.012 . .