A negative trend in the lead isotope ratios implies an anthropogenic reason (see discussion section).
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Multiproxy analysis unwraps origin and fabrication biographies of Sardinian figurines: On the trail of metal-driven interaction and mixing practices in the early first millennium BCE.
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The lead isotope ratios of the Su Monte metal objects are distributed in a similar range as those of the Santa Vittoria bronzes, but unlike the latter, the uranogenic isotopes 206 Pb and 207 Pb display a positive trend ( Fig 7a ; Table 4 ).