A novel application of X-ray computed tomography towards the characterization and interpretation of phase formations, mineral parageneses, and internal features in ancient copper slag from Tepe Hissar, Iran

• Benjamin Sabatini ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bsabatin@mit.edu

  Affiliations Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4199-0253

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• Antoine Allanore

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Materials Research in Archaeology and Ethnology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

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