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Metals in Antiquity

Suzanne M. M. Young, A. Mark Pollard, Paul Budd and Robert A. Ixer 1999 © BAR Publishing
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The book includes 43 papers which deal with various aspects of metals, metallurgy and metalworking in antiquity. Areas covered stretch from China, Americas to Europe. The general goal was to explore the distribution of metals in the natural environment, extractive metallurgy and fabrication processes, as well as social context, use and deposition of artefacts, and combine anthropology, archaeology and the earth sciences.
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Series
  • BAR pre-2020
  • BAR International Series pre-2020
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407351193 (ebook)
  • 9781841710082 (paperback)
BAR Number
  • S792
Subject
  • Levant / Near East
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Archaeometry / Scientific Dating
  • Classical and Hellenistic
  • Mediterranean
  • Roman
  • Late Antiquity and Byzantium
  • British Isles
  • Far East
  • Prehistory (general titles only)
  • Multiperiod
  • Computing and Quantitative Methods
  • Africa
  • Egypt and Sudan
  • Bronze Age and Iron Age
  • Central and South Asia
  • Arabia
  • North America
  • Metal Objects
  • Metallurgy / Mining
  • Western Europe and Britain
  • Greece, Aegean, Crete and Black Sea
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • PREFACE AND DEDICATION
  • 1. The earliest use of iron in China
  • 2. Reconstructing the copper production process as practised among prehistoric mining/metallurgical communities in the Khao Wong Prachan Valley of central Thailand
  • 3. Envaluing metal: theorizing the Eneolithic 'hiatus'
  • 4. Arsenical Copper in Early Irish Metallurgy
  • 5. The Role of Ore Geology and Ores in the Archaeological Provenancing of Metals
  • 6. The Application of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) for Establishing the Provenance of Gold Ores and Artefacts
  • 7. The early development of metallurgy in the north-west of the Iberian peninsula
  • 8. Project Au For the Study Of Goldwork Technology And The Concept Of Technological Domain Systems
  • 9. Copper production in the Eastern Alps during the Bronze Age: Technological change and the unintended consequences of social reorganization
  • 10. Questions in the Analysis of Ancient Tin
  • 11. Smelting and Sacrifice: Comparative Analysis of Greek and Near Eastern Cult Sites from the Late Bronze through the Classical Periods
  • 12. Bronze Age copper smelting technology in Cyprus -- The evidence from Politico Phorades
  • 13. The Archaeology of Mining: Fieldwork Perspectives from the Sydney Cyprus Survey Project (SCSP)
  • 14. Lead Isotope Characterization of the Ore Deposits of Cyprus and Sardinia and its Application to the Discovery of the Sources of Copper for Late Bronze Age Oxhide Ingots
  • 15. Lead Isotope Analysis, Oxhide Ingots and the Presentation of Scientific Data in Archaeology
  • 16. An Investigation into the Fractionation of Copper Isotopes and its possible Application to Archaeometallurgy
  • 17. The Economic Value and Colour Symbolism of Tin
  • 18. Metals Technology versus Context in Late Minoan Burials
  • 19. Using Neutron Activation Analysis to Source Ancient Tin (Cassiterite)
  • 20. Trace Element Fingerprinting of Ancient Copper: A Guide to Technology or Provenance?
  • 21. Analysis of a Collection of Egyptian Tools and Weapons at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art using Typology, Metallurgy and ICP
  • 22. A Study of Ingots and Metallurgical Remains from 'Ein Ziq and Be'er Resisim, Central Negev, Israel
  • 23. Is Oman the Ancient Magan? Analytical Studies of Copper from Oman
  • 24. The Role of Central Himalayas in Indian Archaeometallurgy
  • 25. Preliminary Insights into the Provenance of South Indian Copper Alloys and Images Using a Holistic Approach of Comparisons of their Lead Isotopes and Chemical Composition with Slags and Ores
  • 26. Ice Archives of Atmospheric Pollution from Mining and Smelting Activities during Antiquity
  • 27. Archaeometallurgy: Helping Archaeology Bridge the Gap Between Science and Anthropology
  • 28. A graphical method to determine furnace efficiency and lining contribution to Romano-British bloomery iron making slags (Bristol Channel orefield, UK)
  • 29. Roman Iron Production in the East Midlands, England
  • 30. A study of Roman mining and metallurgy and their environmental consequences at Plasenzuela, Extremadura, Spain
  • 31. Early historical iron production in the Netherlands: estimations of the output
  • 32. "The same... but different": A juxtaposition of Roman and Medieval brass making in Central Europe
  • 33. The investigation and archaeological applications of anthropogenic heavy metal isotope fractionation
  • 34. The gold from Ghana and the Muslim expansion. A scientific enquiry into the Middle Ages using ICP-MS combined with an UV laser
  • 35. 'Brave at heart': clanship and the work of the Highland Smith
  • 36. "The manner how it grew was like unto the haire of a man's head": the early 1600s discovery and exploitation of native silver at Hilderston in Scotland
  • 37. LA-ICP-MS evidence for the distribution of lead and strontium in Romano-British, medieval and modern human teeth: implications for life history and exposure reconstruction
  • 38. Authenticity of a Korean Iron Warrior on Horseback
  • 39. Sicán alloying, working and use of precious metals: an interdisciplinary perspective
  • 40. The lead isotope method for tracing the sources of metal in archaeological artefacts: strengths, weaknesses and applications in the Western Hemisphere
  • 41. Chronological Markers? Chemical Analysis of Copper-based Trade Metal Artefacts From Petun Sites in Southern Ontario, Canada
  • 42. Faces of European copper alloy cauldrons from Québec and Ontario "contact" sites
  • 43. The analysis of brass samples from the Ball and Warminster sites in southern Ontario, Canada
  • Editor's notes
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