Author : Suzanne M. M. Young
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 13,22 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Papers presented at a symposium Metals in Antiquity held in 1997 at Harvard University, which sought to explore the distribution of metals in the natural environment, and extractive metallurgy and fabrication processes, as well as the social context, use and deposition of artefacts.
Author : Robert James Forbes
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Metallurgy
ISBN :
Author : Michael S. Bisson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742502611
Gold. Copper. Iron. Metal working in Africa has been the subject of both popular lore and extensive archaeological investigation. In this volume, four leading archaeologists attempt to provide a complete synthesis of current debates and understandings: When, how and where was metal first introduced to the continent? How were iron and copper tools, implements, and objects used in everyday life, in trade, in political and cultural contexts? What role did metals play in the ideological systems of precolonial African peoples? Substantive chapters address the origins of African metal working and analyze the specific uses, technology, and ideology of both copper and iron. An ethnoarchaeological account in the words of a contemporary iron worker enriches the archaeological explanations. The volume will be of great value to scholars and students of archaeology, African history, and the history of technology.
Author : Patricia Silvana Carrizo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3030728420
This book examines archaeometallurgy and the preservation of ancient materials for cultural heritage. Through understanding the internal structures of relevant ancient materials, their chemical composition, resistance, hardness, etc., their conservation can be more effectively addressed. Preserving cultural artifacts, such as those from border sites, funerary contexts (burials), railway lines, ceremonial sites and road infrastructure, is necessary to provide perspective to a culture’s trajectory. This book addresses how Reverse Engineering can disseminate knowledge of a culture’s heritage by offering technology that can help restore artifacts so they may be displayed and utilized as educational objects.
Author : David A. Scott
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 1992-01-02
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0892361956
David A. Scott provides a detailed introduction to the structure and morphology of ancient and historic metallic materials. Much of the scientific research on this important topic has been inaccessible, scattered throughout the international literature, or unpublished; this volume, although not exhaustive in its coverage, fills an important need by assembling much of this information in a single source. Jointly published by the GCI and the J. Paul Getty Museum, the book deals with many practical matters relating to the mounting, preparation, etching, polishing, and microscopy of metallic samples and includes an account of the way in which phase diagrams can be used to assist in structural interpretation. The text is supplemented by an extensive number of microstructural studies carried out in the laboratory on ancient and historic metals. The student beginning the study of metallic materials and the conservation scientist who wishes to carry out structural studies of metallic objects of art will find this publication quite useful.
Author : Robert James Forbes
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Technology
ISBN :
Author : Paul T. Craddock
Publisher :
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 16,48 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Science
ISBN :
Technical advancement has for millennia been intimately linked to the mining and production of metals, and this book provides a comprehensive history of the early development of extractive metallurgy. Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries and laboratory investigations, Paul Craddock brings together for the first time the evidence for the very inception of mining and smelting, showing that early techniques were often different from what was previously believed. The book presents much new material throughout and provides new interpretations and insights into many aspects of early metal production right through to the blast furnaces and high-temperature distillation units that heralded the Industrial Revolution. Integrating documentary evidence with metallurgical study and new information from archaeological excavations in Europe, India, North America, and China, this book gives a full and approachable synthesis of mining and metal production everywhere.
Author : Miljana Radivojević
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 31,30 MB
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1803270438
The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia is a landmark study in the evolution of early metallurgy in the Balkans. It demonstrates that far from being a rare and elite practice, the earliest metallurgy in the world was a common and communal craft activity.
Author : David A. Scott
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,91 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Science
ISBN : 0982933800
Describes the metallography and microstructure of ancient metals with several case studies included. The first volume in this series is devoted to the alloys of copper with silver, lead, tin, zinc, antimony and arsenic.
Author : Claudio Giardino
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 22,67 MB
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789691796
This volume describes the geography and environments of Oman, its rich copper ore deposits and the ancient mining and smelting techniques, and it also includes an overview of the physical properties of the different metals exploited in antiquity and of the analytical techniques used in archaeometallurgy.
