Chemical analysis is an important aspect of archaeometallurgy. These techniques can identify the metals and alloys used to produce the artifact or debris under study, be used determine the number of structure components used to construct complex artifacts, be used to test whether a group of material is com-positional similar, be used to establish metal trade routes, and in a few cases the provenance of the metal. A large number of different techniques are available to the archaeometallurgical, each with its own advantages and draw-backs.