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MCI Project Summaries 2008 - Smithsonian Institution

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<strong>MCI</strong> 6249 Mongolian Iron Slag<br />

<strong>MCI</strong> Staff: Judy Watson, Martha Goodway, Nicole C. Little<br />

Thirty-three samples from an archaeological context at the Khyadag East deerstone site in<br />

Mongolia were analyzed using SEM-EDS and XRF in order to determine whether they presented<br />

evidence of local iron smelting around 500 BC. Results indicate no evidence of iron smelting,<br />

but most of the objects are consistent with copper smelting slag.<br />

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