Ancient zinc smelting in the Upper and Middle Yangtze River region
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- 9 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Antiquity Publications in Antiquity
- Vol. 94 (375)
Abstract
Here the authors report on a project that aims to understand zinc-production technologies at the earliest zinc-smelting site in China. Excavations at the site of Linjiangerdui, south of the Yangtze River, have provided a chronological sequence for smelting sites and revealed new evidence for methods of production.Keywords
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