Volume 25 / Number 1
1982
Special Edition: Archaeometallurgy
On The Cover: The background image is a SEM photomicrograph of the micro-structure of a 12th-11th century BC steel bracelet from a burial cave in the Baq'ah Valley Jordan. Superimposed is the image of a 9th century BC low-carbon wrought iron sword from the site of Hasanlu in northwestern Iran, which, like the Baq'ah site, was excavated by the University Museum. Photos by Heidi Moyer and Nick Hartmann.
Vol. 25 / No. 1
By: Vincent C. Pigott
Archaeometallurgy and the University of Pennsylvania: Introduction
In December 1982, the Archaeological Institute of America holds its annual meeting, in Philadelphia. Of the various scholarly issues to […]
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By: Lee Horne
Fuel For The Metal Worker: The Role of Charcoal and Charcoal Production In Ancient Metallurgy
As an accidental by-product of combustion, wood charcoal has certainly been known for as long as fire itself. Very probably […]
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By: Serge Cleuziou and Thierry Berthoud
Early Tin in the Near East: A Reassessment in the Light of New Evidence from Western Afghanistan
Numerous scholars in different disciplines have devoted considerable thought to the sources of the tin and copper used to make […]
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By: Vincent C. Pigott
The Innovation of Iron: Cultural Dynamics in Technological Change
Scholars concerned with the phenomenon of ancient iron metallurgy have emphasized the interrelationship between the analytical, historical and archaeological evidence […]
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By: P.G. Warden, Robert Maddin, Tamara Stech and James D. Muhly
Copper and Iron Production at Poggio Civitate (Murlo): Analysis of Metalworking Archaic Etruscan Site
Since 1966 excavations at Poggio Civitate (Murlo), a site in central Italy about twenty kilometers south of Siena (Fig. 1), […]
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By: Helen Schenck
The Iron Industry Underground: The Archaeology of Historic American Iron Technology
Introduction The traditional date for the founding of the American iron industry is 1622. In that year the English-based Virginia […]
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