NEW DATA ON THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF 17TH-CENTURY NON-FERROUS METAL PRODUCTS FROM THE TERRITORY OF POLOTSK (BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN 2025 AT OSTROVSKY POSAD)
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This article presents the results of an analysis of data on the chemical composition of 17th-century non-ferrous metal artifacts recovered from archaeological excavations conducted in 2025 at the Ostrovsky posad site in Polotsk. The author found that the most common group of non-ferrous metals in the studied sample were low-melting alloys and unalloyed low-melting metals, which constituted 44% of the total number of samples. Lead brasses (28%) with low and medium Zn concentrations were also significantly common, as were tin-lead and lead bronzes (19%) with predominantly low tin and lead contents. The identified patterns differ significantly from data from other contemporaneous sites in northern and central Belarus, which the author attributes to the peripheral location of the Ostrovsky posad site in Polotsk, its relative remoteness, and the nature and purpose of the buildings within which the cultural layer in this part of the site is primarily found.
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