HH-XRF analyses of geological, archaeological, and experimental materials at Meroe, Sudan

Meroe, Sudan was an important royal and industrial centre of the Kingdom of Kush from the 3rd Century BC, through the 4th Century AD. The site is noted amongst archaeometallurgists for its extensive remains of iron production. UCL Qatar’s Sudan Project (2012-present) includes investigations of these remains in order to model the technology and its impact on the social, economic and natural environments. As a part of this research, a series of iron smelting experiments was conducted in January 2015. One goal of these experiments was to evaluate the character and performance of local geological resources, especially potential ores. HH-XRF was one tool used to evaluate and sort ores prior to the experiments. This dataset provides an overview of the research context, materials and methods, and the data obtained.

苏丹麦罗埃（Meroe）是库施王国（Kingdom of Kush）公元前3世纪至公元4世纪期间的重要王室与工业中心。该遗址因留存有大量冶铁遗存，而为考古冶金学界所熟知。卡塔尔UCL苏丹项目（UCL Qatar’s Sudan Project，2012年至今）针对这些遗存展开研究，旨在对该冶铁技术及其对社会、经济与自然环境的影响进行建模分析。作为该研究的一部分，研究团队于2015年1月开展了一系列冶铁实验。此类实验的目标之一，是评估当地地质资源（尤其是潜在可开采矿石）的特性与应用性能。实验开展前，手持式X射线荧光光谱仪（HH-XRF）是用于评估与分选矿石的工具之一。本数据集概述了该研究的背景、材料、方法以及所获取的实验数据。