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Artifact ID BCES 0596B/1984
Class bangle
Material copper-base
Site Ban Chiang BCES
Period Early 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 extensive interdendritic corrosion and shrinkage cavities. Numerous small bits of redeposited copper. A couple of small bits of alpha+delta eutectoid.Identical to A, except that the redeposited copper does not show twins. For photomicrograph, see BCES 0596A.
BCES 0596B/1984<br>outer diameter=6.8 cm inner diameter=5.6 cm shaft height=0.5 cm shaft width=0.5 cm unclear if decorated

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