Achaeometrical Research in Hungary II., 1988

ANALYSES - METALS - Géza SZABÓ: Evaluation of late Bronze Age Carpathian tinbronzes based on the alloying content

This outlined group was not in accordance with metallurgical regularities, it did not form a logical system from the point of view of manufacturing or use. and it made it impossible to carry out a real comparison of the typologically coherent domestic finds with articles of surrounding archaeological cultures. Relying on the old data from the turn of the century and on the newer or corrected ones the horizontal and vertical structure of the metal working showing urnfield traditions in processes for a broad area of Urnfield Culture can be outlined, but many local peculiarities in the raw material supply, functioning of workshops and products, which, complying with the metallurgical regularities, supplied goods to Transdanubia in a quality far exceeding the European average, and its products got also up to farther areas. Data and archaeological observations gathered during the decades of research of metal working of the Umfield Culture and application of the recent research results, unifying the most important results in a unique system, continuing the studies in a more and more expedient way. developed onto the level of individual objects and object categories, will make it possible to do further refining of the picture just depicted. Increasing the trustworthy data series and duly choosing the research methodology will lead to eligible comparison with the finds of surrounding cultures. Acknowledgements The research reported here were carried out under a Hungarian State Eötvös scholarship with the help of the Archaeological Department of Bradford University, for which I would like to express my gratitude to Prof. M. Pollard. Head of the Department, and to Dr. G. McDonnell. Lecturer in Archaeological Sciences at University of Bradford. References Helm 1895 - O. Helm: Chemische Untersuchung vorgeschichtlicher Metall-Legierungen aus Siebenbürgen und Westpreussen. ZfE 762-768. Honti 1992 - Honti Sz.: Késő bronzkori kincslelet Nagyberki-Cseh-rétről. SOMÉ 9. 4148. Ilon 1989 - Ilon G.: Adatok az Északnyugat-Dunántúl késő bronzkorának bronzművességéhez. Acta Musei Papensis 2. 15-32. Költő 1996 - Költő L.: Néhány nagy antimontartalmú bronzkori tárgy röntgenemissziós analízise. X-ray emission analyzis of some bronze objects of high antimony content. Acta Musei Papensis 6. 83-88. Költő-Kis Varga 1992 - Költő L,-Kis Varga M.: A Pápai Helytörténeti Múzeum néhány későbronzkori leletének röntgenemissziós analitikai vizsgálata. Acta Musei Papensis 3-4. 81-84. Kőszegi 1993 - Kőszegi F.: A Regöly-Veravár késő bronzkori leíetegyüttes tipológiai és időrendi kérdései. SzeKMÉ 18. 225-235. Í63