Table 2 Elemental composition of bronze parts of rivets from Stradonice (SEM/EDS)

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

Rivet No./wt %

Sn

Pb

Fe

Zn

Ag

Cu

188–76b

6.8

0.2

1.2

  

91.8

864a

8.7

4.2

0.2

0.2

 

86.7

959

11.4

3.5

0.2

  

84.9

960–814

4.9

6.6

   

88.5

1052a

7.7

1.4

0.2

0.1

 

90.6

1014a

4.2

4.3

0.3

1.1

0.3

89.8

1023a

6.0

1.6

0.3

1.2

0.3

90.6

1029

6.3

2.0

 

0.2

 

91.5

1071a

10.1

0.8

0.1

  

89.0

80.231

4.8

1.3

0.2

  

93.7

561.371

5.0

3.4

 

0.2

 

91.4

561.372

4.7

0.7

0.4

0.2

1.2

92.8

561.374

7.2

1.1

0.2

0.1

 

91.4

561.918a

7.6

4.8

0.4

0.1

 

87.1

266.455

7.6

3.3

0.2

0.1

 

88.8

  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
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