Experience of using of methods of x-ray fluorescent researches and euclidean metrics for the cluster analysis of the bronze mirrors of the early hun period

Abstract

This article analyzes the аrchaeological material represented by a series of mirrors found in the
monuments of II—III centuries . BC in the Southern Urals . Comparative analysis produced by
metallographic method , followed by clustering of different types of Han mirrors , their imitations , as well as comparative sample from the modern replicas. As a result, research new information on technological peculiarities in the manufacture of various types of mirrors, the extent of their similarities and differences.