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Metallum Messallini – A New Roman Lead Ingot from the Danube Provinces

A Roman lead ingot with the mould mark metallo Messallini provides highly interesting insight into the economic side of power politics pursued by the first Roman emperor Augustus. The proprietor of the mine, Messallinus, can be identified...

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Type, Shape and Composition: The Middle Bronze Age II Daggers in Rishon le-Zion, Israel

A rich assemblage of Middle Bronze Age II daggers from the Rishon le-Zion excavations in Israel was studied. These daggers were found to be made of tin-bronze, arsenical copper or copper with tin and arsenic. Relations between type, shape...

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Circulation Patterns of Copper-Based Alloys in the Late Iron Age Oppidum of Třísov in Central Europe

This article presents an insight into the sourcing and circulation of copper alloys during the Late La Tène period in Central Europe  where the specialised production of metals is regarded as complex and conducted chiefly within the b...

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Working Together and Learning Together: The Study of the Metallurgical Remains of San Tommaso, Pavia, Italy

The metallurgical remains of San Tommaso, Pavia were used as teaching collections for a multi-disciplinary archaeometallurgy class  held by the first time in the academic year 2016/2017 at the University of Sassari. This paper, writte...

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Gold, Silver and Bronze Analysis of Three Fragments of Technical Ceramic from Elsfleth-Hogenkamp, Germany

Two crucible fragments were found during recent excavations in levels dated to the Roman imperial period in Elsfleth-Hogenkamp, a  site interpreted to be a beach market located at the junction of the Hunte and Weser Rivers with water...

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Experimental Replication of a Granulated Gold Bead from an Ancient Tomb at Bat, Oman

During excavation of a tomb at Bat, Oman, an unusual gold bead entirely composed of 96 granules was discovered. The bead comes  from an unstratified context in the bottom of the fill of the tomb, which means that it could date anywher...

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Ancient Gold-Mercury Mining in the Takht-e Soleyman Area, Northwest Iran

The world heritage ancient site of Takht-e Soleyman and its assemblage of metal objects, together with the geological wealth and the  vast ancient mining relics of the Takab area motivated the authors to conduct the investigation that...

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In the Shadow of Timna? The Mining Region of Wadi Amram New Analytical and Archaeological Aspects

The copper mines of Wadi Amram are located only 10 km north of the prehistoric settlements Tall Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan and Tall al- Magass where there is some evidence of copper metallurgy in the Late Chalcolithic / Early Bronze Age I. These...

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High Medieval Silver Mining and Non-Ferrous Metallurgy in Northern Siegerland, Germany An Interim Report

In northern Siegerland, located in the ore-rich Mittelgebirge region of Germany, a mining landscape based on copper, lead and silver  metallurgy developed in the High Middle Ages. Beginning at least in the 10th century AD, silver-rich...

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From Galena to Lead: Divergent Paths in Early Metallurgy in the Western Mediterranean

This paper examines the use of galena, beginning in the Middle Paleolithic, before the onset of metallurgy in the Iberian Peninsula, and shows that it was a well-known raw material during the Neolithic, both in funeral and in household con...

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Investigating Pre-Columbian Gold and Copper in Costa Rica – Ores, Mines and Artefact Production

The wealth of pre-Columbian gold, copper and guanín (an alloy consisting mainly of gold and copper; also tumbaga) artwork of Costa Rica suggests that exploitation of its abundant ore deposits goes back way before the Spanish conquest. The...

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New Archaeometallurgical Fingerprints of Copper and Slag from Early Iron Age Smelting Sites in Faynan and Timna

The copper deposits of Faynan and Timna have been exploited in two major economic cycles: a Chalcolithic – Early Bronze Age  cycle, and a Late Bronze Age – Early Iron Age cycle. The present study focuses on the Late Bronze Age - Early...

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Geoarchaeological Investigations in the Bronze Age Ore Beneficiation Landscape of Troiboden (Province of Salzburg, Austria)

Mitterberg is the largest known Middle Bronze Age copper mining area in the Austrian Alps. During the course of the 2011 excavation  campaign, a geoarchaeological investigation was conducted at the Troiboden peat bog, immediately sout...