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Provenance of early bronze age metal artefacts in western Switzerland using elemental and lead isotopic compositions and their possible relation with copper minerals of the nearby Valais

Cattin, Florence ; Guénette-Beck, Barbara ; Curdy, Philippe ; Meisser, Nicolas ; Ansermet, Stefan ; Hofmann, Beda ; Kündig, Rainer ; Hubert, Vera ; Wörle, Marie ; Hametner, Kathrin ; Günther, Detlef ; Wichser, Adrian ; Ulrich, Andrea ; Villa, Igor M. ; Besse, Marie

In: Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011, p. -

Ten Early Bronze Age (BzA1, 2200-2000 BC) copper artefacts from the central Valais region from Switzerland were studied for their elemental composition and lead isotope ratios. In order to answer the archaeological question of a local copper supply, a database for copper minerals across the Valais (Switzerland) has been established. This database contains 69 data on lead isotope ratios as well as...

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Molybdenum isotopic composition of modern and Carboniferous carbonates

Voegelin, Andrea R. ; Nägler, Thomas F. ; Samankassou, Elias ; Villa, Igor M.

In: Chemical Geology, 2009, vol. 265, no. 3-4, p. 488-498

We investigate the redox-sensitive isotope system of molybdenum (Mo) in marine carbonates to evaluate their potential as archive of the Mo isotopic composition of coeval seawater. We present Mo isotope data (δ98/95Mo) of modern skeletal and non-skeletal carbonates as well as a variety of precipitates from the mid and late Carboniferous. The external reproducibility is...