Metallurgy (Other Keyword)

26-50 (90 Records)

Experimente zur antiken Guß und Löttechnik (1994)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Frank Willer. Ute Sobottka-Braun.

During an experimental seminar in Murlo, Italy, in August 1993, the following techniques were demonstrated: the ancient repair methods of casting faults with small bronze plates, assemblage of statue components using the casting-on technique, and artificial patination to produce a black and shiny surface on bronze objects.

Experimenting with bowl furnaces (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Brice Girbal.

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Exploring metallurgy at Stepnoye: the role of ceramics in the matte conversion process (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Roger C.P. Doonan. Derek Pitman. Bryan Hanks. Dmitry Zdanovich. Elena Kupriyanova. Lente van Brempt. David Montgomery.

Forging the Way: An Analysis of Metallurgical Waste at Fort Ouiatenon (2023)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cassandra B. Apuzzo. H. Kory Cooper.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first French fur trade post established in present day Indiana. Over 100 kilograms of waste from pyrotechnological activities were excavated from an area believed to be related to a forge during the 1970’s. Historical documents identify the presence of a blacksmith at the fort, as well as the possible use of locally available coal and iron ore. Both...

Forging with Dogon smiths (Mali) (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Raphaëlle Soulignac. Vincent Serneels.

From ore to artifact: smelting Alderley Edge copper ores and the casting of a small copper axe (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Simon Timberlake.

Fundación experimental de cascabeles prehispánicos. Análisis del trabajo de S. Long (2011)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Raúl Yabarra.

Handbuch des Goldschmieds, Ein werkstattbuch für die Praxis (1965)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Wilhelm Diebener.

Here we go again: a new series of AMS dates from the Kkho Wong Prachan Valley, central Thailand (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Andrew Weiss. Vince Pigott.

A new series of AMS dates from the Khao Wong Prachan Valley (KWPV) in central Thailand addresses several key questions in the region, including the dating of the initial settlement of the valley, the duration of the pre-metal period, the first appearance of copper-base artifacts, the beginning of large-scale crucible-based copper smelting and production at the site of Non Pa Wai, the shift to a different copper production technology used at Nil Kham Haeng, and, the occupation span of the...

A History of Metallurgy (1976)

DOCUMENT Citation Only R. F. Tylecote.

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How to avoid accidents: a critique of archaeometallurgical experiments (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John F Merkel.

Imperial authority and local agency: Investigating the interplay of disruptive technology, indirect authority, and changing ritual practice at Dos Cruces. (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Colin Thomas.

The Chimu smelting site of Dos Cruces is located along the Zaña River in the middle valley of the greater Lambayeque area. Dos Cruces is located at the intersection of two major trade routes and nearby several rich sources of copper ore. The smelting of ore at Dos Cruces utilized wind powered smelting technology, a new innovation for this region. Despite its obvious Chimu affiliations, Dos Cruces lacks an audiencia, or indeed any indication of Chimu administrative oversight. The denizens of Dos...

Indian First: the Fire Practices of North American Indians Transformed Large Areas from Forest to Grassland (1983)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Stephen J. Pyne.

Indigenous Copper Production in Colonial Mexico (1533-1630) (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Johan Garcia.

During the entire colonial period, the South-Central region of Michoacán, Mexico was the main producer of copper in New Spain and one of the most important loci of production in the whole Spanish empire. Copper was a fundamental material for artillery, coinage and silver extraction, not to mention its importance in the manufacture of all sorts of daily life items. However, Spanish colonizers had an almost complete lack of copper extraction knowledge. On the other hand, the region had a natural...

The introduction of metallurgy in Sicily: preliminary data using a pXRF (2016)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Andrea Vianello. Robert H. Tykot.

Several artifacts representing the oldest metals known in Sicily (Copper to Middle Bronze Age) together with many from the Late Bronze Age have been analyzed using a portable XRF to determine their composition. These are nearly all of the early metal artifacts existing in Sicilian museums. Multiple spot analyses have been performed and averages obtained to alleviate potential heterogeneities on the surface of metals, ensuring consistency and validity of the data. Among the materials, there were...

Iron producers, iron users. (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Louise Iles.

Participation in technological activity in sub-Saharan Africa is often discussed in terms of identity, whether that is framed by gender, kinship, status or ethnicity. In particular, social distinctions between iron producers and iron users are well known from the ethnohistorical and ethnographic records of numerous African regions, providing important information as to the social organisation and values of a particular society. However, recognising these identities in the archaeological remains...

Jewellery Concepts and Technology (1982)

DOCUMENT Citation Only O Untracht.

The Landscape of China’s Participation in the Bronze Age Eurasian Network (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Li Zhang.

In the last decade, much has been learned about the network of interactions in Bronze Age Eurasia, and the importance of the steppe pastoralists in the creation of this network. However, the mechanisms that enabled societies in ancient China (both those bordering on and distant from the steppe) to participate in the Bronze Age Eurasian arena are still poorly understood. Based on the latest archaeological discoveries in China, this article focuses on the participation of four regions of ancient...

Lung-powered copper smelting on the Pampa de Chaparri, Lambayeque department, Peru (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only David Killick. Frances Hayashida.

We report here the archaeometallurgical analysis of residues associated with two banks of four lung-powered copper smelting furnaces at site 256AO1, discovered during Hayashida's full-coverage survey of the Pampa de Chaparri in 2008. Calibrated radiocarbon dates place the operation of the furnaces in the Middle Sican period, ca. 1000-1200 cal AD. The furnaces are similar in size and shape to those excavated by Shimada and Epstein at Cerro Huaringa, which is only 15 km away; the smelting process...

Making steel in the ‘Aristotle Furnace’ (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Lee Sauder.

Mass Production in the Viking Age (1992)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Signe Horn Fuglesang.

Maya metals: A Comparative Analysis from Tipu and Lamanai, Belize (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Scott Simmons. Bryan Cockrell.

Investigations at the southern Maya Lowland sites of Lamanai and Tipu, Belize have yielded diverse assemblages of metal artifacts. These metals are from the Postclassic and Colonial (12th to 17th century) occupations at Lamanai and Colonial (mid-16th to early 18th century) contexts at Tipu. As a rare occasion to look at the similarities and differences between artifacts made of the same material from different sites, this research compares the forms, contexts, and technologies of metal artifacts...

Metal production on Late Bronze-Early Iron Age Fortified Hilltops in the South Caucasus, c. 1500-600 BC (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nathaniel Erb-Satullo.

One of the challenges facing the study of technological change and craft production during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age in the Near East is a lack of information about the spatial and social contexts in which metal production occurred. A new program of survey and excavation aims to explore these issues in an ore-rich transitional zone between lowland and highland areas of the South Caucasus. Fortified hilltop settlements dot lowland valleys as they narrow and rise towards the...

Metal Techniques for Craftsmen, a basic Manual on the methods of Forming and Decorating Metals (1969)

DOCUMENT Citation Only O Untracht.

Metallographic and Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Copper-based Metals from Fort Ouiatenon (2023)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Samuel E Bakeis. Harold K Cooper.

This is a poster submission presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Fort Ouiatenon was established by the French in 1717 in what is today northwest Indiana to protect their interests in the region and engage in trade with Indigenous People in the Wabash River valley. Excavations at Ouiatenon in the 1960s and 70s recovered thousands of artifacts including many metal trade goods and numerous fragments of sheet copper and copper alloys. Copper sheet...