Metals in Antiquity

Young, Suzanne M. M.; Pollard, A. Mark; Budd, Paul; Ixer, Robert A.

doi:doi:10.30861/9781841710082

Metals in Antiquity

Suzanne M. M. Young, A. Mark Pollard, Paul Budd and Robert A. Ixer

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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.

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
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Published: 1999

Publisher: BAR Publishing

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9781841710082 (paperback)
9781407351193 (ebook)

BAR Number: S792

Metals in Antiquity

Overview

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