Table 1 Elemental composition of bronze parts of rivets from Kolo Hillfort near Týnec nad Labem (SEM/EDS)

From: Late La Tène bronze rivets from selected sites in Bohemia: material research

Rivet No./wt %

Sn

Pb

Fe

Zn

Ni

Ag

Cu

612

1.3

5.6

0.4

0.3

  

92.4

620

6.7

4.0

0.4

1.3

0.7

 

86.9

645

7.8

2.5

    

89.7

646

6.0

2.5

2.9

0.3

  

88.3

687

5.4

2.9

    

91.7

790

12.8

0.7

0.4

0.1

  

86.0

901a

5.8

9.5

0.8

0.4

  

83.5

1068

6.0

2.1

    

91.9

1746

4.8

4.1

0.3

0.5

  

90.3

1781

4.6

1.9

0.7

0.2

0.5

 

92.1

1871

5.3

0.5

0.4

0.3

  

93.5

1875

8.2

10.1

0.2

0.3

1.1

 

80.1

1876

3.1

0.7

0.2

0.7

  

95.3

1884

7.6

5.5

0.3

0.2

  

96.4

1891

6.3

3.1

0.2

1.1

  

89.3

1896

4.8

1.2

0.3

0.1

  

93.6

3312

11.5

1.2

0.3

1.4

0.2

 

85.4

3328

8.6

3.5

    

87.9

3382

3.5

1.5

0.5

0.4

 

0.8

93.3

3425

5.3

1.8

1.7

0.6

  

90.6

3463b

4.8

1.3

    

93.9

3465a

8.9

3.1

0.4

0.3

  

87.3

3493

4.8

0.6

    

94.6

3544

8.4

0.7

    

90.9

3669

9.5

3.6

    

86.9

3754

9.7

7.1

    

83.2

3825

6.0

3.0

0.2

0.1

  

90.7

3901

9.1

3.0

    

87.9

4050

7.3

2.0

    

90.7

4068

8.5

0.4

    

91.1

  1. In case of the lead content in the bronze matrix reaching above 1 wt.%, it can be assumed that lead was intentionally added to the bronze melt (Table 1,2 highlighted in bold) [15, 16].
  2. Rivet no. corresponding to Rivet No. in Fig. 3
  3. aBronze cast rivets
  4. bBronze plated head of iron rivet