铅同位素考古研究的可行性问题——浅议“青铜器铅同位素指示意义的范铸实验研究”

The feasibility of lead isotope analyses for provenance study—Comments on Qin et al “molding experiment on indicating meaning of lead isotopes in bronzes”

国际上对铅同位素示踪方法在青铜器原料产地研究中的应用做过很多探讨。《范铸》一文再次提出有关问题,认为铅同位素分析结果不能确切指示青铜器铜锡铅原料的来源信息。本文考察了其依据的实验数据,它们似乎与其观点互相矛盾,其结论说服力相当有限。

Numerous studies during decades of the last century have contributed to the application of lead isotope analyses to trace the metal source of ancient bronzes.Qin et al raised some related questions once again and stressed that lead isotope analyses could not reveal the source information of copper,tin or lead in bronze research.This paper suggests that the experimental data contradict with the viewpoints they put out in their report,and their conclusion lacks tenability