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Artifact ID BCES 478/1367
Site Ban Chiang (BCES)
Context feature
Period Middle Period
Subperiod

Provenience Detailed Description Analytical Thin Section
Vitrification: present
Lab work:
Lagging: present
Temper: rice chaff & sand-quartz
Dross: present
Slag Glass: present
Prills: none found
Number of uses: 2
MetalComment: The exterior has pitting, cracks, and a small patch of slag. The interior has two large and three small areas of green dross and cuprite within the lagging. Magnetite is present in a granular layer over some of the dross.