TableĀ 5 Lead isotopic ratios and main components of metal prills within the slags from the Baidian and Xincun sites

From: The diversity of bronze production technologies during the Eastern Zhou dynasty revealed by analysis of slags from the Baidian and Xincun sites in Central China

Site

Sample

Lead isotopic ratios

Main components (wt.%)

Ā Ā 

208Pb/204Pb

207Pb/204Pb

206Pb/204Pb

208Pb/206Pb

207Pb/206Pb

Cu

Sn

Pb

Xincun

H98:3

38.205

15.611

17.726

2.155

0.880

84.2

10.7

5.1

Ā Ā 

38.072

15.565

17.682

2.153

0.880

72.9

21.5

5.6

Ā Ā 

38.187

15.596

17.714

2.154

0.880

77.7

17.6

3.8

Ā Ā 

38.197

15.600

17.718

2.156

0.880

70.3

24.4

5.3

Ā Ā 

38.083

15.573

17.708

2.151

0.880

71.5

24.5

4.0

Ā Ā 

38.042

15.555

17.676

2.152

0.880

59.7

28.0

12.3

Ā Ā 

38.000

15.546

17.671

2.150

0.880

82.2

15.5

2.3

Ā Ā 

38.082

15.571

17.695

2.151

0.880

79.0

19.3

1.7

Ā Ā 

37.994

15.567

17.680

2.149

0.880

84.7

13.7

1.0

Ā Ā 

38.052

15.567

17.688

2.151

0.880

60.7

37.9

1.5

Baidian

BH2:09

38.524

15.610

17.741

2.170

0.880

87.6

7.6

4.8

Ā Ā 

38.544

15.628

17.755

2.171

0.880

79.9

8.9

11.2

Ā Ā 

38.569

15.636

17.761

2.171

0.880

14.8

1.3

83.9

Ā Ā 

38.554

15.631

17.758

2.171

0.880

54.8

2.4

42.8

Ā Ā 

38.560

15.629

17.759

2.171

0.880

2.3

4.6

93.2

Ā 

BH20:044

38.228

15.645

17.794

2.149

0.880

72.1

26.3

1.6

Ā 

BH20:045

38.041

15.565

17.523

2.171

0.888

64.5

16.6

18.8

Ā Ā 

38.210

15.609

17.620

2.171

0.887

3.2

3.2

89.4

Ā Ā 

37.952

15.551

17.526

2.165

0.888

91.4

3.5

5.1

Ā Ā 

38.089

15.729

17.655

2.154

0.889

96.7

1.3

2.0

Ā Ā 

38.060

15.584

17.539

2.170

0.889

89.7

5.4

4.9