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Archaeometallurgy: A Discipline Between Past and Future
1. A Brief History The determining role of metals in the development of civilization was already understood in antiquity. Since the end of the...
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Archaeometallurgy of Iron in and around Manpur, Salumber-Manpur-Ghatol Sector, Udaipur District, Rajasthan
The Palaeoproterozoic Aravalli Fold Belt and Mesoproterozoic Delhi Fold Belt, altogether make the Aravalli mountain range (AMR), which extends from...
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Communication and interaction between Central and Northern China: the archaeometallurgy perspective of the gold artefacts from Rui State
A certain number of gold artefacts have been unearthed from the Liujiawa site and Jiezihe site belonging to the late Rui State, from the late era of...
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Experimental Archaeometallurgy
Experimental archaeometallurgy is part of experimental archaeology . It includes experiments on mining, the processing of ores, the methodology of...
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Introduction: Archaeology and Archaeometallurgy
Excavations of archaeological sites usually yield a variety of finds. Varying amounts of inorganic and organic finds of different types of finds...
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Archaeometallurgy – Materials Science Aspects
This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits,...
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Squeezing mind out of metal: combining textual evidence with scientific data for metallurgy in early dynastic China
Since one of the aims of modern archaeometallurgy is to understand the processes carried out by ancient metalworkers, then ideally, we need to go...
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Geoheritage and Mining Heritage in the Promotion of Theme Parks: An Example of the National Park Đerdap (Carpathian-Balkan Thrust-And-Fold Belt, Eastern Serbia)
The National Park Đerdap (eastern Serbia, vicinity of the Danube River) occupies a segment of the Carpathian-Balkan fold-and-thrust belt and has a...
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Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy—2021 Proceedings of 8th Geoarchaeological Conference, Miass, Russia, 20–23 September 2021
This book unites studies in the fields of archaeometry, geoarchaeology, and ancient technologies, based on cases from northern Eurasia, and includes...
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Unique Geosites around Zawar, Rajasthan, Western India: Its Linkage with Ancient Mining-Metallurgy and Archaeological Geodiversity
The uniqueness of the Zawar area is linked to its geological endowments viz. the 30 km long zinc (Zn) and lead (Pb) sulphide mineralisation that...
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Two alloying technology from the Muyushan site (Anhui Province, China): evidence for tin bronze and arsenic bronze smelting in the lower Yangtze River ca. 1100BC ~ 500 BC
The Muyushan site in Tongling City is the largest site of metallurgical production during the Bronze Age in the lower reaches of Yangtze River in...
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Stages of Early Metallurgical Activities
Even though, from a global perspective, the developmental stages of early metallurgy show significant chronological and geographical differences,...
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The dawn and rise of antimony use in the southern Caucasus
Antimony (Sb) was utilised over several millennia as the prime material to opacify or decolour glass and glazes, as well as an accompanying element...
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Archaeometallurgical investigation on the Han iron swords and knives unearthed from **’an, China
The iron sword and knife industry was highly developed during the Han dynasties in Chinese history. However, there is not much clarity regarding its...
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MC ICP-MS Lead Isotope Analysis of Archaeological Metal Artifacts from the Bronze Age Sites of Eurasia
Lead isotope analysis (LIA) is widely applied by archaeologists as a method for provenance studies of metal artifacts. The study aims to realize of...
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Revealing the manufacturing and corrosion characteristics of Chinese archaeological metal arrows by non-destructive neutron techniques
The manufacturing and corrosion properties of metal artefacts are significant for archaeologists and conservators. In this study, non-destructive...
