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In this paper, we consider the metal production at three Late Bronze Age settlements, namely Kamenny Ambar, Ustye I, and Levoberezhnoe. Our methodology is based on the estimation of slag densities in cultural layers of the three settlements and the approximation of amount metal co-produced with slag. We conclude that the scale of production was relatively small and did not exceed 10 kg per year, as maximum.
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We can evaluate these values with some archaeological examples. Thus, a well-preserved knife from Kamenny Ambar has a density of 7.3 g/m3. The mean values of 17 well-preserved knives and adzes from the cemetery of Kamenny Ambar-5 is 6.1 ± 0.5 g/m3.
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Nikolay Vinogradov and Ludmila Koryakova provided us with the opportunity to collect the necessary data. The authors would like to thank Robert Drennan, Michael Mlyniec, Bryan Hanks and Maksim Ankushev for the discussion and valuable comments on this paper.
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Chechushkov, I.V., Petrov, F.N. (2021). The Annual Metal Production at the Late Bronze Age Sites from the Southern Urals. In: Yuminov, A., Ankusheva, N., Ankushev, M., Zaykova, E., Artemyev, D. (eds) Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy. GAM 2019. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48864-2_2
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