LEAD ISOTOPE STUDIES ON ANCIENT BRONZE DRUMS OF GUANGXI CHINA

Peng Zicheng，

Wan Fubin，

Lu Jiyong，

Yao Shunan，

Li Shihong，

Jiang Tinyu

Nuclear Science and Techniques

Vol.2, No.3

pp.135-146

Published in print 01 Aug 1991

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A study has been reported on ²⁰⁶Pb/²⁰⁶Pb and ²⁰⁷Pb/²⁰⁶Pb ratio variations in ancient drums and Cu-., Pb- ores from Guangxi, China and can indicate that the Cu- and Pb- bearing ores for making the Beiliu and the Lingshan type drums were taken from Tongshiling of Beiliu County and its vicinity, that were not only ancient sites for smelting the copper ores, but possibly also for casting the bronze drums. Some of the Lengshuichong type drums have abnormal Pb isotopic ratios, which means that they were made of special ore sources, one of the possibilities is that the ore material or the drums were transported from South- East Asia to Guangxi Province, because they have been excavated there too.

Ancient drumsLead isotopic ratiosOre sources

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