ARCHAEOMETALLURGY

The innovation of crucible steel, a high-carbon, homogeneous, slag-free steel, is regarded as a milestone in the history of the development of ferrous metallurgy. Associated in popular literature with the making of swords, particularly in the Early Islamic period, crucible steel…

Although the copper axes with central shaft-hole from south-eastern Europe have a long history of research, they have not been studied on a transnational basis since the 1960s. What has also been missing is an integrated or holistic approach, trying to use as many methods as pos…

The role of metallurgy in the development of culture has been a long-standing concern of anthropologists, historians, and others. Much of the previous study of the subject has either had a narrow technical focus or has taken a very broad theoretical approach. Case studies of spe…