Provenance of copper alloys in Limpopo and Soutpansberg sites

We seek permission to sample copper and bronze objects from the South African sites of K2, Mapungubwe hill, the southern terrace of Mapungubwe, Klaserie, Stayt, Schroda, Pont Drift, and others in the attached catalogs. We request to analyze these objects using lead isotopic and trace elemental analyses to identify their copper source, and traditional metallography and x-ray fluorescence methods to understand their production technology. If the object is tin or bronze, we request to also analyze the object using tin isotopic analysis to identify its tin source. These data will expand our existing database of copper objects from Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, the DRC, and Malawi, and help understand the role of South African sites within this interaction network.