A study has been reported on <sup>208</sup>Pb/<sup>206</sup>Pb and <sup>207</sup>Pb/<sup>206</sup>Pb ratio variations in ancient drums and Cu-., Pb- ores from Guangxi, C...A study has been reported on <sup>208</sup>Pb/<sup>206</sup>Pb and <sup>207</sup>Pb/<sup>206</sup>Pb ratio variations in ancient drums and Cu-., Pb- ores from Guangxi, China and can indicate that the Cu- and Pb- bearing ores for making the Beiliu and the Lingshan type drums were taken from Tongshiling of Beiliu County and its vicinity, that were not only ancient sites for smelting the copper ores, but possibly also for casting the bronze drums. Some of the Lengshuichong type drums have abnormal Pb isotopic ratios, which means that they were made of special ore sources, one of the possibilities is that the ore material or the drums were transported from South- East Asia to Guangxi Province, because they have been excavated there too.展开更多
文摘A study has been reported on <sup>208</sup>Pb/<sup>206</sup>Pb and <sup>207</sup>Pb/<sup>206</sup>Pb ratio variations in ancient drums and Cu-., Pb- ores from Guangxi, China and can indicate that the Cu- and Pb- bearing ores for making the Beiliu and the Lingshan type drums were taken from Tongshiling of Beiliu County and its vicinity, that were not only ancient sites for smelting the copper ores, but possibly also for casting the bronze drums. Some of the Lengshuichong type drums have abnormal Pb isotopic ratios, which means that they were made of special ore sources, one of the possibilities is that the ore material or the drums were transported from South- East Asia to Guangxi Province, because they have been excavated there too.
