Experience of using of methods of X-ray fluorescent researches and Euclidean metrics for the cluster analysis of the bronze mirrors of the early Hun period

This article analyzes the аrchaeological material represented by a series of mirrors found in the monuments of II-III centuries. BC in the Southern Urals. Comparative analysis produced by metallographic method, followed by clustering of different types of Han mirrors, their imitations, as well as comparative sample from the modern replicas. As a result, research new information on technological peculiarities in the manufacture of various types of mirrors, the extent of their similarities and differences.