Originally published in 1985, the 18 papers in this volume, which were read at the Symposium on Early Furnace technology at the British Museum in 1982, have been reprinted. Contributors include: R.F. Tylecote & J.F. Merkel (experimental smelting techniques); W.A. Oddy & J. Swaddling (illustrations of metalworking furnaces on Greek vases); S. Bernus & N. Echard (metalworking in Niger); B. Rothenberg (copper smelting furnaces in the Araba, Israel); J.S. Hodgkinson & C.F. Tebutt (the Romano-British iron industry in the Weald); M. Bamberger (working conditions of the ancient copper smelting process); R.E. Clough (the iron industry in Iron Age and Roman Britain); E. Photos, S.J. Filippakis & C.J. Salter (investigations of some metallurgical remains at Knossos); M. Werner (evidence for gold-smelting in Yugoslavia in the Late Roman period).

Furnaces and Smelting Technology in Antiquity

History

Craddock, P. T.

Hughes,M. J.

Ancient Civilizations

British Museum Press

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