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Analysis of French Bronze Articles of Bronze Age.^[1]

Name.	Locality.	Copper.	Tin.	Lead.	Zinc.	Iron.	Arsenic.	Sulphur.
Palstave ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Rhone ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	85⋅	13⋅5	1⋅0
Palstave ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Hoard of Poype-Vauqris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	88⋅	12⋅0	—	—
Palstave ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Hoard of Poype-Vauqris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	91⋅	9⋅
	Hoard of Larnaud ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	86⋅	14⋅
Socketed Celt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Copenhagen ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	89⋅52	6⋅75	2⋅90	0⋅91	tr.
Round Socketed Celt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Ille-et-Vilaine ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	70⋅	21⋅5	8⋅50	—	—
Round Socketed Celt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Manche ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	60⋅	13⋅50	16⋅50	—	—
Square Socketed Celt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Normandy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	62⋅	1⋅50	32⋅5	—	—
Square Socketed Celt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Normandy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	68⋅	tr.	28⋅50	—	—
Sickle ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Hoard of Drumettaz Plafond ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	88⋅7	11⋅3
Sickle ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Hoard of Poype-Vauqris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	86⋅	14⋅
Knife ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Pile-dwelling, Bourget ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	85⋅	15⋅	1⋅0	—	—
Open Bracelet ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Hoard of Poype-Vauqris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	88⋅	12⋅
Button ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Hoard of Larnaud ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	100⋅	—	—	—	—
Pin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Bourget ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	88⋅	12⋅
Pin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Drumettaz Plafond ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	88⋅	10⋅	—	2⋅0
Anvil ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	Geneva ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................	84⋅	16⋅

The presence of lead, and of iron, zinc, sulphur, silver, and nickel, in extremely small quantities, is probably due to their not having been separated from the copper in the operation of smelting. In some cases, however, such as the socketed celts from northern France in the above table, the percentage of lead is too great to have been accidental, and in one case rises to 28⋅50, while tin is reduced to a mere trace. Lead would add to the toughness of the alloy, and may have been used where the supply of tin had run short. In anvils and cold chisels, where great hardness was required, the normal amount of tin was very much exceeded.

It may be gathered from the analyses of ancient

1. Chantre, L'Age du Bronze.