Heavenly metal for the commoners: Meteoritic irons from the Early Iron Age cemeteries in Częstochowa (Poland)

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Albert Jambon, Gerta Bielińska, Maciej Kosiński, Magdalena Wieczorek-Szmal, Ewelina Miśta-Jakubowska, Jacek Tarasiuk, Karol Dzięgielewski Journal of Archaeological Science: ReportsVolume 62, April 2025 LINK “Highlights “The Częstochowa-Raków and Częstochowa-Mirów cemeteries in S Poland (Hallstatt C period)…

Does the composition of meteoritic metal change with forging? An experimental studyOPEN ACCESS 

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Mendy M. Ouzillou, Christopher D. K. Herd MAPS, Version of Record online: 18 March 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The use of meteoritic iron in the manufacture of human artifacts since the Bronze Age…

An arrowhead made of meteoritic iron from the late Bronze Age settlement of Mörigen, Switzerland and its possible sourceOPEN ACCESS 

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Beda A. Hofmann, Sabine Bolliger Schreyer, Sayani Biswas, Lars Gerchow, Daniel Wiebe, Marc Schumann, Sebastian Lindemann, Diego Ramírez García, Pierre Lanari, Frank Gfeller, Carlos Vigo, Debarchan Das, Fabian Hotz, Katharina von Schoeler, Kazuhiko Ninomiya, Megumi…

A comment to: “The manufacture and origin of the Tutankhamun meteoritic iron dagger” by Matsui et al.

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Albert Jambon MAPS, Version of Record online: 13 December 2022 LINK “Matsui et al. (2022) performed X-ray fluorescence RF analyses of Tutankhamun’s dagger and its hilt. Although the approach is indeed interesting, this work has…

The Meteoritic Origin of Morocco Iron Dagger BladesOPEN ACCESS 

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Abderrahmane Ibhi, Lahcen Ouknine, Fouad Khiri, Ahmed Ait Touchnt, Hassan Nachit, Olga De Pascale, Giorgio S. Senesi Heritage 2022, 5(3), 1395-1400Published: 23 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Up until now, a few artifacts…

The manufacture and origin of the Tutankhamen meteoritic iron daggerOPEN ACCESS 

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Takafumi Matsui, Ryota Moriwaki, Eissa Zidan, Tomoko Arai MAPSFirst published: 11 February 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) A comment to: “The manufacture and origin of the Tutankhamun meteoritic iron dagger” by Matsui et al….

Qarabawi’s Camel Charm: Tracing the meteoritic origins of a cultural artifact

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Rhiannon G. Mayne, Catherine M. Corrigan, Timothy J. McCoy, James M. D. Day, Timothy R. Rose Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:09 May 2020 LINK “Qarabawi’s Camel Charm was acquired from Abdullah Qarabawi of…

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