Reused and recycled. Archeometallurgical study of historical nails found in Guam, Mariana Islands, Western Pacific

Salgado-Pizarro, Rebeca; Camacho, Sara; Montón Subías, Sandra; Moragas, Natalia; Fernández, Ana Inés

Reused and recycled. Archeometallurgical study of historical nails found in Guam, Mariana Islands, Western Pacific

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dc.contributor.author Salgado-Pizarro, Rebeca
dc.contributor.author Camacho, Sara
dc.contributor.author Montón Subías, Sandra
dc.contributor.author Moragas, Natalia
dc.contributor.author Fernández, Ana Inés
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-14T07:09:42Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-14T07:09:42Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.description.abstract This article presents the results of the archaeometallurgical analyses (chemical, compositional, and mechanical) conducted on historic iron nails from the Marianas archipelago, in the western Pacific. The nails were recovered at the archaeological excavations of San Dionisio’s church and cemetery (Humåtak, Guam). They all came from abroad and were incorporated by the native communities through exchange, trade, or through the reuse of materials found in shipwrecks, although it is not possible at the moment to locate their exact origin. However, we know that all the analyzed samples had different metallographic and mechanical characteristics. This is the first study of these characteristics on Micronesia.
dc.description.sponsorship We would like to thank Carmen Quintanilla and Melanie Dueñas, from the Micronesian Area Research Centre at the University of Guam, for helping us with information about contemporary blacksmithing. We would also like to thank SHIPO-State Historical Preservation Office in Guam and Joe Quinata from GPT-Guam preservation Trust for their help and support to obtain permission for archaeological samples. This work has been partly supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under Grant PID2019-105431GB-I00, and by the ABERIGUA grant (sponsored by the Palarq Foundation and the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sports). A.I. Fernández would like to thank the Catalan Government for the quality accreditation given to her research group (DIOPMA 2017 SGR 0118). DIOPMA is a certified agent TECNIO in the category of technology developers from the Government of Catalonia.
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dc.identifier.citation Salgado-Pizarro R, Camacho S, Montón-Subías S, Moragas N, Fernández AI. Reused and recycled. Archeometallurgical study of historical nails found in Guam, Mariana Islands, Western Pacific. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 2023 Feb;47:103746. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103746
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103746
dc.identifier.issn 0305-4403
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56199
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 2023 Feb;47:103746
dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-105431GB-I00
dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject.keyword Guam
dc.subject.keyword Historic nails
dc.subject.keyword Iron archeometallurgy
dc.subject.keyword Mariana Islands
dc.subject.keyword Modern Spanish colonialism
dc.title Reused and recycled. Archeometallurgical study of historical nails found in Guam, Mariana Islands, Western Pacific
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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