Metal Summary

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Metal Summary

All loci excluded from the charts contained no metals.

In T-57 during the 2014 excavation season, there was not a significant amount of metal recovered. Only loci 2 , 3 , 5 , 6 , 7 , and 8 yielded any metal or slag finds. There were 6 metal finds and 4 pieces of slag recovered. Locus 2 and Locus 8 had the most finds with two pieces of metal and one piece of slag in Locus 2 and three pieces of metal in Locus 8 . A notable find in Locus 2 was a bronze pin ( 20140075 20140075 ) found in the northwest portion of the locus. Within the same pick-pass, a crucible fragment was found (uncatalogued). Other notable finds include a possibly modern bronze disc (uncatalogued) found in Locus 6 and an iron conical fragment found in the northeast corner of Locus 8 ( 20140082 20140082 ). Also recovered from Locus 8 were a bronze pebble and a piece of slag. A bronze rivet was found in Locus 3 . These finds, along with the crucible fragment

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continues to demonstrate that metal was produced locally at the site, however it is unclear if any metal production was occurring in the vicinity.

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