| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 868 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps |
| Contents |
From ores to metals / David Killick -- Metals / Michael R. Notis -- Metallography and microstructure of metallic artifacts / David A. Scott -- The investigation of archaeometallurgical slag / Andreas Hauptmann -- Technical ceramics / Marcos Martinón-Torres and Thilo Rehren -- Methods of mining archaeology (Montanarchäologie) / Thomas R. Stöllner -- Experimental archaeometallurgy / Julia Heeb and Barbara S. Ottaway -- Ethnoarchaeological and historical methods / Louise Iles and S. Terry Childs / Chemical and isotopic studies of ancient metals / A. Mark Pollard and Peter Bray -- Provenance determination of archaeological metal objects / Ernst Pernicka -- A conservator's perspective on ancient metallurgy / Deborah Schorsch -- Copper working technologies, contexts of use, and social complexity in the eastern woodlands of native North America / Kathleen L. Ehrhardt -- Mesoamerican metallurgy : the perspective from the West / Dorothy Hosler -- Andean metallurgy in prehistory / Heather Lechtman -- Production networks and consumer choice in the earliest metal of western Europe / Benjamin W. Roberts -- Aspects of metalworking and society from the Black Sea to the Baltic Sea from the fifth to the second millennium BC / Tobias L. Kienlin -- Early metallurgy in the central Mediterranean / Andrea Dolfini -- Cairo to Cape : the spread of metallurgy through eastern and southern Africa / David Killick -- Organization and specialization of early mining and metal technologies in Anatolia / Joseph W. Lehner and K. Aslıhan Yener / Who dunnit? : new clues concerning the development of Chalcolithic metal technology in the southern Levant / Jonathan Golden -- Ancient metallurgy in the Caucasus from the sixth to the third millennium BCE / Antoine Courcier -- The emergence of complex metallurgy on the Iranian Plateau / Christopher P. Thornton -- Production and consumption of copper-base metals in the Indus civilization / Brett C. Hoffman and Heather M.-L. Miller -- Early metal in South India : copper and iron in megalithic contexts / Praveena Gullapalli -- Metals, society, and economy in the late prehistoric Eurasian steppe / Roger Doonan, Bryan Hanks, Dmitry Zdanovich, Elena Kuprinyanova, Derek Pitman, Natalʹya Batanina, and James Johnson -- Metallurgy in ancient eastern Asia : retrospect and prospects / Katheryn M. Linduff and Jianjun Mei -- The transmission of early bronze technology to Thailand : new perspectives / Joyce C. White and Elizabeth G. Hamilton |
| Summary |
The study of ancient metals in their social and cultural contexts has been a topic of considerable interest in archaeology and ancient history for decades, partly due to the modern dependence on technology and man-made materials. The formal study of Archaeometallurgy began in the 1970s-1980s, and has seen a recent growth in techniques, data, and theoretical movements. This comprehensive sourcebook on Archaeometallurgy provides an overview of earlier research as well as a review of modern techniques, written in an approachable way. Covering an extensive range of archaeological time-periods and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Metal-work, Prehistoric.
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Metallurgy in archaeology.
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Metallurgy -- History
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archaeometallurgy.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Metal-work, Prehistoric
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Metallurgy
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Metallurgy in archaeology
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Roberts, Benjamin W., editor
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Thornton, Christopher P., editor
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| LC no. |
2013954783 |
| ISBN |
9781461490173 |
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1461490170 |
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9781493933570 |
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1493933574 |
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