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Artifact ID BCES 0253/0595A
Class BANGLE
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Late Period

Provenience Status/Description Metallography Elemental/Hardness
Alloy: bronze.
Where Cut: cross section of shaft
How Mounted: cross-section mounted cut side up
Structure: As-cast.
Metallographic description: Cored dendritic structure, with a little alpha+delta eutectoid remaining. Most eutectoid has been eaten away by the extensive interdendritic corrosion. Redeposited copper fills some voids left by gas and corrosion.