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Record Nr.

UNINA9910426045803321

Autore

Hauptmann Andreas

Titolo

Archaeometallurgy : material science aspects / / Andreas Hauptmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-50367-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 595 p. 266 illus., 149 illus. in color.)

Collana

Natural Science in Archaeology, , 1613-9712

Disciplina

930.1

Soggetti

Metallurgy in archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Archaeology and Archaeometallurgy -- Stages of Early Metallurgical Activities -- Ancient Ore Deposits -- Basic Physical-Chemical Principles of Ancient Metallurgy -- Archaeometallurgical Slags and Other Debris -- Making Metals: Ancient Metallurgical Processes -- Metals and Alloys -- Macro- and Microstructure of Metals -- Ethnographic Evidence and Artisanal Metal Production -- Experimental Archaeometallurgy -- Provenance Studies.

Sommario/riassunto

This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits, archaeological field evidence of early metal production, and basic chemical-physical principles, as well as experimental ethnographic works on a low handicraft base and artisanal metal production to help readers better understand what happened in antiquity. The book is chiefly intended for scholars and students engaged in interdisciplinary work.