When was Cornish tin mined and processed in prehistory?

康沃尔锡在史前何时开采和加工？

基本信息

批准号：
NE/G009880/1
负责人：
Andrew Meharg
金额：
$ 2.38万
依托单位：
University of Aberdeen
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2009 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FG009880%2F1
关键词：
When was Cornish tin mined

项目摘要

The objective of this study is to record the expansion and contraction of the Cornish tin exploitation throughout prehistory using environmental chemical characterization and radiocarbon dating of undisturbed Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor peat cores . Where tin was sourced for the production of bronze is one of the great mysteries of the ancient world. Fragmentary texts, circa. 300 B.C. of the Greek explorer Pytheas suggest that the Phocaean traders of the Western Mediterranean where in contact with Cornwall, by far the most abundant tin ore source in Europe/Middle East, stating that ore was mined and smelted. Virtually no archaeological evidence has been unearthed to provide factual evidence to support this claim, or of previous, or later pre-historical exploitation of Cornish tin sources. Ancient activity involving metal smelting is preserved chronologically through atmospheric deposition in peat and ice cores. It is proposed here to profile tin and other associated/co-occurring elements (arsenic, copper, lead, silver etc) undisturbed peat cores from Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor, both situated in the heart of the tin deposits of Cornwall/Devon. Undisturbed peat deposits on these moors have already been identified. Radiocarbon dating would be used to date peaks and troughs in peat metal profiles. Lead isotope analysis will also be conducted to provide further diagnostic characterisation, to distinguish between local ore smelting activity and that transported long distance. In this way prehistoric mining/smelting activity in this region will be ascertained.

本研究的目的是利用未受干扰的博德明沼泽和达特穆尔泥炭岩芯的环境化学特征和放射性碳测年来记录整个史前时期康沃尔锡矿开采的扩张和收缩。用于生产青铜的锡的来源是古代世界的一大谜团。碎片文本，大约。公元前300年希腊探险家皮西亚斯的研究表明，西地中海的福西亚商人与康沃尔郡有联系，康沃尔郡是迄今为止欧洲/中东最丰富的锡矿石来源，并声称矿石被开采和冶炼。事实上，还没有出土考古证据来提供事实证据来支持这一说法，也没有证明以前或后来对康沃尔锡资源的史前开采。涉及金属冶炼的古代活动通过泥炭和冰芯中的大气沉积按时间顺序保存下来。这里建议对来自博德明沼泽和达特穆尔的锡和其他伴生/共生元素（砷、铜、铅、银等）未受干扰的泥炭核心进行剖析，这两个地点都位于康沃尔/德文郡的锡矿床中心。这些荒原上未受干扰的泥炭沉积物已经被发现。放射性碳测年将用于确定泥炭金属剖面中的峰和谷的年代。还将进行铅同位素分析，以提供进一步的诊断特征，以区分本地矿石冶炼活动和长距离运输的矿石冶炼活动。通过这种方式，将确定该地区的史前采矿/冶炼活动。