The study of the alloy composition of Late Bronze Age metal objects from the excavations of the Panagia 1 settlement in Taman peninsula, 2022

The paper publishes the results of the analysis of objects made of non-ferrous metal from the excavations of the Late Bronze Age settlement of Panagia I employing the XRF method. The analyzed sample includes 19 objects and is divided into 3 categories: weapons and tools, jewelry and unidentifiable fragments. The items are made oftin, tin-lead and arsenic bronze, as well as «pure copper». The results of the study show a variety of alloys, their multicomponent nature and the presence of «pure» copper products, which may indicate that the craftsmen who made the Panagia objects used metal from different sources.