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Metallurgy

Eastern Mediterranean Metallurgy in the Second Millennium BC
edited by Vasiliki Kassianidou and George Papasavvas
James D. Muhly is a distinguished scholar with a special interest in ancient metallurgy who has dedicated much of his research to Cypriot archaeology. His work on the metallurgy of ancient Cyprus endorses the true importance of the island as a copper producing region, as well as a pioneer in the development and spread of metallurgy and metalwork in the wider eastern and central Mediterranean region. This volume contains papers from "Eastern ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £60.00, Our Price GB £45.00

Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking
by Robert Hoyland, Brian Gilmour
One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, however, occasional treatises do exist. The treatise "On swords and their kinds" was written by the 9th century Muslim philosopher Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi. This work was commissioned by a powerful ...
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Mining and Metal Production through the Ages
edited by Paul Craddock and Janet Lang
This volume grew out of the proceedings of an international conference on the Prehistory of Mining and Metallurgy hosted by The British Museum in 1995. The original papers are augmented by the inclusion of participants' more recent work and additional contributions by other leading experts in the field. Among the varied topics are the early development of copper smelting technology as exemplified at Feinan, Jordan, the recognition of Bronze Age ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price GB £65.00, Our Price GB £19.95

From megaliths to metals: Essays in honour of George Eogan
edited by John Bradley, John Coles, Eion Grogan, Barry Raftery and Helen Roche
A truly multi-disciplinary book allowing the reader to gain insights into an exceptionally diverse set of topics such as hunting, burial, sword-production and rock art, from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages. 272p (Oxbow Books 2004)
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Metallurgy: Understanding How, Learning Why: Studies in Honor of James D. Muhly
edited by Philip P. Betancourt and Susan C. Ferrence
Prof. James D. Muhly has enjoyed a distinguished career in the study of ancient history, archaeology, and metallurgy that includes an emeritus professorship at the University of Pennsylvania and a term as director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens as well as receiving the Archaeological Institute of America's Gold Medal for a lifetime of outstanding achievement. In Muhly's honor, a total of 38 eminent scholars have contributed ...
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Prehistoric Metal Artefacts from Italy (3500-720 BC) in the British Museum
by Anna Maria Bietti Sestieri and Ellen Macnamara
The current conception of the absolute chronology of the Italian Copper Age to the end of the Early Iron Age is set out in this new title from the British Museum. Some 850 objects have been arranged chronologically from the Copper Age, through the Bronze Age, to the Early Iron Age. Within these headings, the objects are organised typologically e.g. axes, swords etc. A major result of this study has been the reassembly of several groups of bronzes ...
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The Ringlemere Cup: Precious Cups and the Beginning of the Channel Bronze Age
edited by Stuart Needham, Keith Parfitt and Gill Varndell
In 2003 the British Museum acquired the recently discovered Ringlemere gold cup, a rare example from the Early Bronze Age. The volume provides definitive publication of the Ringlemere cup and its immediate site context. Dating and fuller social significance are assessed through thorough reappraisal and cataloguing of the fifteen comparable cups in gold, silver, amber and shale from Britain, Brittany, Germany and Switzerland. This leads on to ...
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Dolaucothi-Pumsaint: Survey and Excavations at a Roman Gold-Mining Complex 1987-1999
by Barry and Helen Burnham
Dolaucothi, near the modern village of Pumsaint in south-west Wales, is the only site in Britain where the Romans are known certainly to have mined for gold. The main workings, which are thought to span various phases of exploitation from the pre-Roman through to the present, can be traced over a distance of more than a kilometre. This volume reports on a series of investigations carried out at this important complex over a period of 12 years. ...
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Metallurgy and Civilisation: Eurasia and Beyond
edited by Jianjun Mei and Thilo Rehren
The papers presented here provide a good overview of the breadth and depth of current archaeometallurgical research related to Asia and beyond. Topics covered include the beginnings of bronze metallurgy in China, the early history of lost-wax casting in Asia, the development of early steel-making technology in Europe and Asia, and the role of the steppe influence in metalworking in Eastern Zhou China. 183p b/w and col illus (Archetype ...
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Prehistoric & Medieval Direct Iron Smelting in Scandinavia and Europe
by Lars Christian Norbach
A collection of 35 largely technical lectures from the Sandbjerg Conference held in 1999, examine metallurgical evidence from Scandinavia and Northern Europe as well as reporting on developments in scientific analytical techniques. Divided into five sections, papers discuss particular types of iron production and settlement; regional studies; metallographic investigations of artefacts and sites; metallographic regional studies; Geophysical ...
Paperback. Price GB £34.00