The recently excavated necropolises of Esfola (Beja) and Monte do Bolor 1/2 (Beja) display a characteristic architecture and distinctive funerary items that refer to the seventh to sixth century BC. The work comprises a microanalytical study of copper-based artefacts, some of them symbols of status, recovered in these necropolises (Tartesic belt buckles, body grooming instruments and different types of fibulae, bracelets and rings). The alloy composition was determined by micro-EDXRF and micro-PIXE analyses, while the colour distinction was estimated using the composition of different alloys. These funerary items disclose a metallurgy centred in low-tin bronze alloys (7.1 ± 2.4 wt% Sn, n = 41) with minor contents of lead, arsenic, nickel and iron. There are a few exceptions composed of copper or leaded bronze (c. 3.0 wt% Sn and 2.7 wt% Pb), in addition to arsenical copper (c. 5.6–6.5 wt% As), which is particularly remarkable due to the rarity of this last alloy in coeval contexts. A Tartesic belt buckle with rivets of distinct composition from the remaining components is other exception, as most composite artefacts have components of similar composition (e.g. pin, spring and axle of fibulae and body and decoration bead of bracelets and rings). Additionally, it was assessed that only a handful of examples were perceived as having a distinct colour and these outliers were mostly small body grooming instruments. Generally, the seventh to sixth century BC funerary items of southern Portugal disclose an indigenous metallurgy altered by earlier Phoenician stimuli, but the possibility to obtain different colours by changing the alloy composition was not commonly used.

最近出土的 Esfola (Beja) 和 Monte do Bolor 1/2 (Beja) 墓地展示了一种典型的建筑和独特的陪葬品，这些物品可以追溯到公元前 7 至 6 世纪。这项工作包括对铜基文物的微观分析研究，其中一些是地位的象征，在这些墓地中恢复（Tartesic 皮带扣、身体美容仪器和不同类型的腓骨、手镯和戒指）。合金成分是通过微型 EDXRF 和微型 PIXE 分析确定的，而颜色差异是使用不同合金的成分来估计的。这些随葬品揭示了一种以低锡青铜合金（7.1 ± 2.4 wt% Sn，n = 41）为中心的冶金，铅、砷、镍和铁的含量很少。有一些例外由铜或含铅青铜组成（c.3.0 wt% Sn 和 2.7 wt% Pb），以及砷铜（c.5.6–6.5 wt% As)，这特别显着，因为这最后一种合金在同时代的环境中很少见。带有与其余部件不同的铆钉的 Tartesic 带扣是另一个例外，因为大多数复合人工制品具有相似成分的部件（例如，腓骨和身体的销、弹簧和轴以及手镯和戒指的装饰珠）。此外，据评估，只有少数样本被认为具有明显的颜色，而这些异常值大多是小型身体美容仪器。一般来说，公元前 7 至 6 世纪葡萄牙南部的陪葬品揭示了一种被早期腓尼基人刺激改变的本土冶金，但通过改变合金成分获得不同颜色的可能性并不常用。