TY - JOUR N2 - This study characterizes the bronze jewellery recovered from the Lusatian culture urn-field in Mała Kępa (Chełmno land, Poland). Among many common ornaments (e.g. necklaces, rings, pins) the ones giving evidence of a steppe-styled inspiration (nail earrings) were also identified. With the dendritic microstructures revealed, the nail earrings prove the implementing of a lost-wax casting method, whereas some of the castings were further subjected to metalworking. The elemental composition indicates the application of two main types of bronze alloys: Cu-Sn and Cu-Sn-Pb. It has been established that the Lusatian metalworkers were familiar with re-melting the scrap bronze and made themselves capable of roasting the sulphide-rich ores. The collection from Mała Kępa has been described in terms of its structure and composition. The investigations were made by means of the energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (ED-XRF), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with an energy dispersive X - ray analysis system (EDS) and optical microscopy (OM). In order to fingerprint an alloy profile of the castings with a special emphasis on the nail earrings, the data-set (ED-XRF, EDS) was statistically evaluated using multidimensional analyses (FA, DA). L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/102069/PDF/afe-2017-0112.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/102069 PY - 2017 IS - No 3 DO - 10.1515/afe-2017-0112 KW - Non-Destructive Testing KW - Investment casting KW - X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy KW - Archaeometallurgy KW - Lusatian culture A1 - Perek-Nowak, M. A1 - Garbacz-Klempka, A. A1 - Kowalski, Ł. A1 - Gackowski, J. PB - The Katowice Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 17 DA - 2017 T1 - Bronze Jewellery from the Early Iron Age urn-field in Mała Kępa. An approach to casting technology UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/102069 T2 - Archives of Foundry Engineering ER -