READ ME File For 'The Mechanised Testing and Sequential Examination of Replica Bronze Age Palstave Blades' Dataset DOI: /10.5258/SOTON/D1670 ReadMe Author: Miriam Andrews, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: AUTHORS: Andrews, M. Sofaer, Polcar, T, J. Pike, A. W. G. TITLE: The Mechanised Testing and Sequential Examination of Replica Bronze Age Palstave Blades JOURNAL: Archaeometry PAPER DOI IF KNOWN: This dataset contains: Four zipped folders containing: Microhardness data (excel spreadsheet) Metallographic images of the blades SEM images of the blades Photographs, macrographs, and micrographs There is also one additional image, which is a diagram of the experimental rig. Date of data collection: 25/9/2016 to 16/12/2019 Information about geographic location of data collection: n/a Licence: CC BY-ND Related projects: The Mechanised Testing and Sequential Examination of Replica Bronze Age Palstave Blades Date that the file was created: May, 2021