Metallurgical Slags of Rodnikovoe Late Bronze Age Settlement

摘要

The paper presents the mineralogical characteristics of the Late Bronze Age settlement Rodnikovoe metallurgical slags,belonging to the Cis-Urals Mining and Metallurgical Center.Two types of slag are distinguished:sulfide-containing glassy and pyroxene.The main mineralogical and geochemical indicators of slag are revealed.The main source of raw materials was rich sulfide ores of copper sandstones.By analogy with the well-studied metallurgical slag of the Gorny 1 settlement,it is assumed that these two types of slag belong to the Srubna period of the settlement.