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The AARL gold fingerprinting technology has been applied to the analysis of gold artefacts excavated from the southern African sites of Mapungubwe, Bosutswe and Thulamela. Information gleaned from this process is relevant to studies conducted into artefact origins and provides increased insight into the history of this region with regards to the mining, cultural and trade practices associated with these early communities.
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Jim Tumilty is the Managing Director and Dara Grigorova the Manager Research at the AARL. Wyatt Smith is an integral member of the gold fingerprinting research team and performed the analyses and data assessment studies of the gold artefacts. Dr Duncan Miller is a Chief Research Officer in the Archaeology Department at the University of Cape Town and supplied the AARL with both the artefacts and a detailed history of the various excavation sites. Katherine Stülpner is a member of the LA-ICP-MS research team and is actively involved in research on the UV laser system.
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Grigorova, B., Smith, W., Stülpner, K. et al. Fingerprinting of gold artefacts from mapungubwe, bosutswe and thulamela. Gold Bull 31, 99–102 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214770
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03214770