Abstract
In this work, the metal artifacts of the First Dautovo (Itkul I) settlement from the South Ural National History Museum were examined by the XRF method. The items are presented by knives (4 pieces), a pour (1 piece), a core rod (1 piece), arrowheads (7 pieces), and a cooking bowl (1 piece). The composition of the bronzes from the Museum is close to the compositions of most of the Itkul culture items. The knives are of the same composition (pure copper). The arrowheads metal composition alternations are conditioned by different origin. The cooking bowl consists of several different metals parts. The variety of alloying components demonstrates that Itkul metal-makers had used different sources of metal.