Skip to main content

Table 1 Context and types of the analysed bronze objects

From: Copper alloy production in the Warring States period (475-221 BCE) of the Shu state: a metallurgical study on copper alloy objects of the Baishoulu cemetery in Chengdu, China

Object's number

Context number

Type

Sampling position

Corrosion

BS1

M1:4

Knife

Edge

None

BS2

M1:5

Vessel fragment

Edge

Heavily Corroded

BS3

M1:6

Chariot bell

Middle part

None

BS4

M8:1

Sword

Edge

None

BS5

M10:–

Knife

Edge

None

BS6

M10:22

Spear

Edge

None

BS7

M12:1

Vessel

Bottom

None

BS8

M14:1

Axe

Edge

None

BS9

M19:–

Sword

Edge

None

BS10

M20:1

Sword

Edge

None

BS11

M21:3

Knife

Edge

None

BS12

M21:4

Vessel fragment

Edge

None

BS13

M22:4

Vessel fragment

Edge

None

BS14

M22:5

Saw

Edge

None

BS15

M22:6

Spear

Edge

Heavily Corroded

BS16

M24:1

Vessel fragment

Edge

Heavily Corroded

BS17

M25:1

Knife

Edge

None

BS18

M27:1

Sword

Edge

None

BS19

M27:2

Spear

Edge

Heavily Corroded

BS20

M30:1

Knife

Edge

Heavily Corroded

BS21

M37:1-1

Vessel's grid

Edge

None

BS22

M37:1-2

Vessel

Near rim

Partly Corroded

BS23

M32:4

Knife

Edge

None

BS24

M32:3

Knife

Edge

None

BS25

M32:5-1

Bangle

Broken part

None

BS26

M32:5-2

Bangle

Broken part

None

BS27

M35:4

Dagger-axe

Edge

None

BS28

M35:3

Dagger-axe

Edge

None

  1. The ‘M’ in the Context number represent ‘Tomb’, the number after ‘M’ is the Tomb number and the number after ‘:’ is the object’s number when excavated