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Metallurgical analysis of copper artifacts from Cahokia

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This article analyzed artifacts from Cahokia Mounds, Illinois from a materials science perspective to shed light on techniques used by Mississippian copper workers to deform nuggets of native copper into thin sheets, and concluded that copper sheets were thinned through repeated cycles of hammering and annealing performed at temperatures achievable in an open wood fire.
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This article is published in Journal of Archaeological Science.The article was published on 2011-07-01. It has received 13 citations till now.

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Design and development of copper coatings for long term storage of used nuclear fuel

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate that copper coatings can be developed as viable corrosion barriers for used fuel nuclear containers, emplaced in a deep geological repository, in order to evaluate container design and feasibility.
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Mechanical performance of integrally bonded copper coatings for the long term disposal of used nuclear fuel

TL;DR: In this article, a Finite Element Model (FEM) of the copper-steel composite was created and validated using three point bend tests, which accurately predicts the response of the composite, including large deformation and debonding failure mechanisms.
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Gold in the Southwest of the Iberian Peninsula during the 3rd Millennium BC

TL;DR: In this paper, the presence of gold products in the archaeological records of 3rd Millennium BC megalithic tombs, at some distance from the mining districts, has been identified as ornamental finds, of undetermined chronology.
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The environmental impact of a pre-Columbian city based on geochemical insights from lake sediment cores recovered near Cahokia

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present geochemical data from a 1500-year-old sediment core from nearby Horseshoe Lake that records watershed impacts associated with the growth and decline of Cahokia.
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Copper as an essential and exotic Hopewell metal

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the actors participating in the social networks that brought copper to Ohio Hopewell societies understood and creatively maintained multiple kinds of links to this material, and especially highlight the association of large copper objects with the Isle Royale and Michipicoten sources in the Lake Superior basin.
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Early Metal Mining and Production

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive account of the development of extractive metallurgy from its inception to the Industrial Revolution is presented, drawing on information gained through state-of-the-art archaeological sampling methods.
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Early metal mining and production

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive account of the development of extractive metallurgy from its inception to the Industrial Revolution is presented, drawing on information gained through state-of-the-art archaeological sampling methods.
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Arsenic Bronze: Dirty Copper or Chosen Alloy? A View from the Americas

TL;DR: Tylecote as mentioned in this paper reported the results of mechanical tests carried out on experimental samples of both types of bronze over a broad range of alloy compositions, including cold worked and hot worked material.
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It is concluded that copper sheets were thinned through repeated cycles of hammering and annealing performed at temperatures achievable in an open wood fire.