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Metals and mines : studies in archaeometallurgy : selected papers from the conference Metallurgy: a touchstone for cross-cultural interaction, held at the British Museum 28-30 April 2005 to celebrate the career of Paul Craddock during his 40 years at the British Museum / edited by Susan La Niece, Duncan Hook and Paul Craddock.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Archetype Publications in association with the British Museum, 2007Description: XII, 250 p. : il. ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9781904982197
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • 739
  • 7(063)(42Lon)"2005"
Contents:
P. Craddock: Introduction: Achievements and challentes — Mining and Smelting: D. Bourgarit: Chalcolithic copper smelting — R. Müller & al.: Zambujal and the beginnings of metallurgy in southern Portugal — S. Timberlake: The use of experimental archaeology/archaeometallurgy for the understanding and reconstruction of early bronze age mining and smelting technologies — P. Craddock & al.: On the edge of success: the scientific examination of the products of the early mines research group smelting experiments — J. Bayley / T. Rehren: Towards a functional and typological classification of crucibles — T. M. Mighall & al.: Records of palaeo-pollution from mining and metallurgy as recorded by three ombrotrophic peat bogs in Wales, UK — Copper, Tin and Bronze: A. Hauptmann / I. Wagner: Prehistoric copper production at Timna: thermoluminescence (TL) dating and evidence from the east — V. C. Pigott / R. Ciarla: On the origins of metallurgy in prehistoric southeast Asia: the view from Thailand — L. Weeks: Coals to Newcastle, copper to magan? Isotopic analyses and the Persian gulf metals trade — J. D. Muhly: The first use of metal on minoan Crete — N. H. Gale / Z. A. Stos-Gale: Cross-cultural minoan networks and the development of metallurgy in bronze age Crete — S. Chirikure & al.: One hundred years on: what do we know about tin and bronze production in southern Africa? — Brass and Zinc: C. P. Thornton: Of brass and bronze in prehistoric southwest Asia — I. Montero- Ruiz / A. Perea: Brasses in the early metallurgy of the Iberian Peninsula — J. Istenic / Z. Šmit: The beginning of the use of brass in Europe with particular reference to the southeastern alpine region — G. Weisgerber & al.: Roman brass and lead ingots from the western Mediterranean — L. Garenne-Marot / B. Mille: Copper-based metal in the inland Niger delta: metal and technology at the time of the empire of Mali — L. Haiwang & al.: Preliminary multidisciplinary study of the Miabeihou zinc-smelting ruins at Yangliusi village, Fengdu county, Chongqing — Z. Weirong: The origin and invention of zincsmelting technology in China — Iron and steel: H. A. Veldhuijzen / T. Rehren: Slags and the city: early iron production at tell Hammeh, Jordan and tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel — S. Paynter: Innovations in bloomery smelting in iron age and romano-british England — T. Rehren & al.: Decisions set in slag: the human factor in african iron smelting — P. Crew / M. Charlton: The anatomy of a furnace... and some of its ramifications — M. L. Wayman / C. Michaelson: Early chinese ferrous swords from the British museum collections — A. Williams: Crucible steel in medieval swords.
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P. Craddock: Introduction: Achievements and challentes — Mining and Smelting: D. Bourgarit: Chalcolithic copper smelting — R. Müller & al.: Zambujal and the beginnings of metallurgy in southern Portugal — S. Timberlake: The use of experimental archaeology/archaeometallurgy for the understanding and reconstruction of early bronze age mining and smelting technologies — P. Craddock & al.: On the edge of success: the scientific examination of the products of the early mines research group smelting experiments — J. Bayley / T. Rehren: Towards a functional and typological classification of crucibles — T. M. Mighall & al.: Records of palaeo-pollution from mining and metallurgy as recorded by three ombrotrophic peat bogs in Wales, UK — Copper, Tin and Bronze: A. Hauptmann / I. Wagner: Prehistoric copper production at Timna: thermoluminescence (TL) dating and evidence from the east — V. C. Pigott / R. Ciarla: On the origins of metallurgy in prehistoric southeast Asia: the view from Thailand — L. Weeks: Coals to Newcastle, copper to magan? Isotopic analyses and the Persian gulf metals trade — J. D. Muhly: The first use of metal on minoan Crete — N. H. Gale / Z. A. Stos-Gale: Cross-cultural minoan networks and the development of metallurgy in bronze age Crete — S. Chirikure & al.: One hundred years on: what do we know about tin and bronze production in southern Africa? — Brass and Zinc: C. P. Thornton: Of brass and bronze in prehistoric southwest Asia — I. Montero- Ruiz / A. Perea: Brasses in the early metallurgy of the Iberian Peninsula — J. Istenic / Z. Šmit: The beginning of the use of brass in Europe with particular reference to the southeastern alpine region — G. Weisgerber & al.: Roman brass and lead ingots from the western Mediterranean — L. Garenne-Marot / B. Mille: Copper-based metal in the inland Niger delta: metal and technology at the time of the empire of Mali — L. Haiwang & al.: Preliminary multidisciplinary study of the Miabeihou zinc-smelting ruins at Yangliusi village, Fengdu county, Chongqing — Z. Weirong: The origin and invention of zincsmelting technology in China — Iron and steel: H. A. Veldhuijzen / T. Rehren: Slags and the city: early iron production at tell Hammeh, Jordan and tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel — S. Paynter: Innovations in bloomery smelting in iron age and romano-british England — T. Rehren & al.: Decisions set in slag: the human factor in african iron smelting — P. Crew / M. Charlton: The anatomy of a furnace... and some of its ramifications — M. L. Wayman / C. Michaelson: Early chinese ferrous swords from the British museum collections — A. Williams: Crucible steel in medieval swords.

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