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

Körperschaft: Conference "Metallurgy: A Touchstone for Cross-cultural Interaction"
British Museum.
Weitere Verfasser: La Niece, Susan.
Hook, Duncan R.
Craddock, P. T.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : Archetype Publications in association with The British Museum, 2007.
Ausgabe: 1st publ.
Umfang/Format: xii, 250 p. : ill.(some in color), maps (some in color), plans ; 30 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 20 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Chalcolithic copper smelting / David Bourgarit
  • Zamujal and the beginnings of metallurgy in southern Portugal / Roland Müller, Gert Goldenberg, Martin Bartelheim, Michael Kunst and Ernst Pernicka
  • The use of experimental archaeology/archaeometallurgy for the understanding and reconstruction of Early Bronze Age mining and smelting technologies / Simon Timberlake
  • On the Edge of success: the scientific examination of the products of the Early Mines Research Group smelting experiments / Paul Craddock, Nigel Meeks and Simon Timberlake
  • Towards a functinoal and typological classification of crucibles / Justine Bayley and Thilo Rehren / T.M. Mighall, Simon Timberlake, S. Singh and M. Bateman
  • Prehistoric copper production at Timna : thermoluminescence (TL) dating and evidence from the East / Andreas Hauptmann and Irmtrud Wagner
  • On the origins of metallurgy in prehistoric Southeast Asia : the view from Thailand / Vincent C. Pigott and Roberto Ciarla
  • Coals to Newcastle, copper to Magan? Isotopic analyses and the Persian Gulf metals trade / Lloyd Weeks
  • The first use of metal on Minoan Crete / J.D. Muhly
  • Cross-cultural Minoan networks and the development of metallurgy in Bronze Age Crete / Noel H. Gale and Zofia Anna Stos-Gale
  • One hundred years on : what do we know about tin and bronze production in southern Africa? / Shadreck Chirikure, Simon Hall and Duncan Miller
  • Of brass and bronze in prehistoric Southwest Asia / Christopher P. Thornton
  • Brasses in the early metallurgy of the Iberian Peninsula / Ignacio Montero-Ruiz and Alicia Perea
  • The beginning of the use of brass in Europe with the particular reference to the southeastern Alpine region / J. Istenič and Ž. Šmit
  • Roman brass and lead ingots from the western Mediterranean / Gerd Weisgerber with contributions by Paul Craddock and Nigel Meeks, U. Baumer and J. Koller
  • Copper-based metal in the Inland Niger delta : metal and technology at the time of the Empire of Mali / Laurence Garenne-Marot and Benoǐt Mille
  • Preliminary multidisciplinary study of the Miaobeihou zinc-smelting ruins at Yangliusi village, Fengdu county, Chongqing / Liu Haiwang, Chen Jianli, Li Yanxiang, Bao Wenbo, Wu Xiaohong, Han Rubin, Sun Shuyun and Yuan Dongshan
  • The origin and invention of zinc-smelting technology in China / Zhou Weirong
  • Slags and the city : early iron production at Tell Hammeh, Jordan and Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel / Harold Alexander Veldhuijzen and Thilo Rehren
  • Innovations in bloomery smelting in Iron Age and Romano-British England / Sarah Paynter
  • Decisions set in slag : the human factor in African iron smelting / Thilo Rehren, Michael Charlton, Shadreck Chirikure, Jane Humphris, Akin Ige and Harald Alexander Veldhuijzen
  • The anatomy of a furnace ... and some of its ramifications / Peter Crew and Michael Charlton
  • Early Chinese ferrous swords from the British Museum collections / M.L. Wayman and C. Michaelson
  • Crucible steel in medieval swords / Alan Williams.