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Isotopic, mineralogical and geochemical analysis of metal objects from the Castillo de Huarmey tomb and ores obtained in the Huarmey river valley (Peru) will be used to determine the location of exploitation of the raw materials by the Wari Culture.

2019/35/N/HS3/02489

Keywords:

stable isotopes geochemical analysis MC-ICP-MS EMPA trace elements lead copper silver provenance Wari Huarmey

Descriptors:

  • HS3_8: Archaeology (incl. archaeology of Greece and Rome, archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, archaeology of Near East, archeology of the New World, pre- and protohistorical archaeology, archaeology of early medieval period, medieval archeology, archeology of modern period)
  • ST10_4: Geochemistry, biogeochemistry
  • ST10_5: Mineralogy, petrology, volcanology, economic geology

Panel:

HS3 - The study of the human past: history, archaeology, ethnology, cultural anthropology

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Geologii

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Maciej Kałaska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 2

Call: PRELUDIUM 18 - announced on 2019-09-16

Amount awarded: 210 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2020-06-26

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2023-06-25

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  1. Application of arsenic surveying for determining the position of former mining and metallurgical constructions: an example from the Radzimowice area (Lower Silesia, SW Poland)
    Authors:
    Maciej Kałaska, Rafał Siuda, Paula Sierpień, Dagmara H. Werra
    Academic press:
    Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (rok: 2022, tom: 14, strony: 184), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s12520-022-01654-8 - link to the publication
  2. Application of arsenic surveying for determining the position of former mining and metallurgical constructions: an example from the Radzimowice area (Lower Silesia, SW Poland)
    Authors:
    Maciej Kałaska, Rafał Siuda, Paula Sierpień, Dagmara H. Werra
    Academic press:
    Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (rok: 2022, tom: 14, strony: 184), Wydawca: Springer Nature
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s12520-022-01654-8 - link to the publication
  3. Deciphering the origin of small metal artefacts from Castillo de Huarmey (Peru) with Pb, Cu, and Ag isotopes
    Authors:
    Maciej Kałaska, Ryan Mathur, George Kamenov, Julia Chyla, Patrycja Prządka-Giersz, Miłosz Giersz
    Academic press:
    Archaeometry (rok: 2022, tom: 64, strony: 1168-1186), Wydawca: Wiley Online Library
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/arcm.12775 - link to the publication
  4. Deciphering the origin of small metal artefacts from Castillo de Huarmey (Peru) with Pb, Cu, and Ag isotopes
    Authors:
    Maciej Kałaska, Ryan Mathur, George Kamenov, Julia Chyla, Patrycja Prządka-Giersz, Miłosz Giersz
    Academic press:
    Archaeometry (rok: 2022, tom: 64, strony: 1168-1186), Wydawca: Wiley Online Library
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/arcm.12775 - link to the publication