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Artifact ID BCES 0526/1592
Class bangle
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Early Period

Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Long cored dendrites, with extensive corrosion which often takes the shape of the eutectoid phase. Numerous bits of twinned redeposited copper in the frequent gas and shrinkage pores.

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