Sickles of Late Bronze Age from the Crimea and Taman: Material and Features of Manufacturing Technology
Journal: Crystallography Reports
Year: 2022

The alloy composition of the sickles (the most important and widespread tools of the Late Bronze Age) originating from the territory of the plain Crimea and the Taman Peninsula and features of their manufacturing technology have been investigated. An X-ray fluorescence analysis of the alloy composition for 13 sickles found in that region showed that most of the studied products were cast from low-alloyed copper-arsenic bronze with a small arsenic content: a traditional Caucasian type of alloys (