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Micro-PIXE, petrographic, and TL dating of Kurgeh metal slags: a recently discovered melting site in Tang-e Ma’shooreh, Lorestan

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Western Iran, especially Lorestan has been the birthplace of metalworking technologies in different eras. The metalworking site of Kurgeh in Lorestan discovered in 2010. Here in, 16 samples using micro-PIXE technique, petrographic and TL dating, were selected and examined. The elemental composition of the slags indicates the extraction of iron in this site. Based on the results of the TL dating, the site dates back to the middle Sasanian period. Undoubtedly, the discovery of Kurgeh site can play an important role in metalworking studies of western Iran.

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    Leila khosravi

  2. Van de Graaff Laboratory, Physics and Accelerators Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI), Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, North Kargar Street, Tehran, Iran

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khosravi, L., Agha-Aligol, D. Micro-PIXE, petrographic, and TL dating of Kurgeh metal slags: a recently discovered melting site in Tang-e Ma’shooreh, Lorestan. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 4271–4286 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-022-08499-4

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