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The article discusses the archaeometallurgy of the War Kabud Site in western Iran. The tombs at the site are all individual. Several types of tombs were encountered. The composition of copper-base artifacts from various burials at the site is given. Microstructural data obtained from sections taken from eleven of the artifacts in this project are also presented. The discussion of compositional data in this article raised the point that Luristan metalworkers did not control tin content in relation to artifact type.

Presents the research "Bronze in Luristan: Preliminary Analytical Evidence From Copper/Bronze Artifacts Excavated by the Belgian Mission in Iran," by S. J. Fleming, V. C. Pigott et al. Overview of the transition from Early Bronze age to the Iron age; Mean contents for the elements of bronzes; Description of excavated Luristan metals artifacts; Reasons behind the reduction in arsenic levels of metals; Concluding observations.