Selected papers from the conference Metallurgy: A Touchstone for Cross-cultural Interaction held at the British Museum 28-30 April 2005 to celebrate the career of Paul Craddock during his 40 years at the British Museum. To be published in association with the British Museum. CONTENTS
Preface and acknowledgements Susan La Niece and Duncan Hook
Introduction: achievements and challenges Paul Craddock Mining and smelting
Chalcolithic copper smelting David Bourgarit
Zambujal and the beginnings of metallurgy in southern Portugal Roland Müller, Gert Goldenberg, Martin Bartelheim, Michael Kunst and Ernst Pernicka
The use of experimental archaeology/archaeometallurgy for the understanding and reconstruction of Early Bronze Age mining and smelting technologies Simon Timberlake
On the edge of success: the scientific examination of the products of the Early Mines Research Group smelting experiments Paul Craddock, Nigel Meeks and Simon Timberlake
Towards a functional and typological classification of crucibles Justine Bayley and Thilo Rehren
Records of palaeo-pollution from mining and metallurgy as recorded by three ombrotrophic peat bogs in Wales, UK T.M. Mighall, Simon Timberlake, S. Singh and M. Bateman
Copper, tin and bronze
Prehistoric copper production at Timna: thermoluminescence (TL) dating and evidence from the East Andreas Hauptmann and Irmtrud Wagner
On the origins of metallurgy in prehistoric Southeast Asia: the view from Thailand Vincent C. Pigott and Roberto Ciarla
Coals to Newcastle, copper to Magan? Isotopic analyses and the Persian Gulf metals trade Lloyd Weeks
The first use of metal on Minoan Crete J.D. Muhly
Cross-cultural Minoan networks and the development of metallurgy in Bronze Age Crete Noel H. Gale and Zofia Anna Stos-Gale
One hundred years on: what do we know about tin and bronze production in southern Africa? Shadreck Chirikure, Simon Hall and Duncan Miller
Brass and zinc
Of brass and bronze in prehistoric Southwest Asia Christopher P. Thornton
Brasses in the early metallurgy of the Iberian peninsula Ignacio Montero-Ruiz and Alicia Perea The beginning of the use of brass in Europe with particular reference to the southeastern Alpine region J. Istenic and Roman brass and lead ingots from the western Mediterranean Gerd Weisgerber with contributions by Paul Craddock and Nigel Meeks, U. Baumer and J. Koller
Copper-based metal in the Inland Niger delta: metal and technology at the time of the Empire of Mali Laurence Garenne-Marot and Benoît Mille
Preliminary multidisciplinary study of the Miaobeihou zinc-smelting ruins at Yangliusi village, Fengdu county, Chongqing Liu Haiwang, Chen Jianli, Bao Wenbo, Wu Xiaohong, Li Yanxiang, Han Rubin, Sun Shuyun and Yuan Dongshan
The origin and invention of zinc-smelting technology in China Zhou Weirong
Iron and steel
Slags and the city: early iron production at Tell Hammeh, Jordan and Tell Beth-Shemesh, Israel Harald Alexander Veldhuijzen and Thilo Rehren
Innovations in bloomery smelting in Iron Age and Romano-British England Sarah Paynter
Decisions set in slag: the human factor in African iron smelting Thilo Rehren, Michael Charlton, Shadreck Chirikure, Jane Humphris, Akin Ige and Xander Veldhuijzen
The anatomy of a furnace ... and some of its ramifications Peter Crew and Michael Charlton
Early Chinese ferrous swords from the British Museum collections M.L. Wayman and C. Michaelson
Crucible steel in medieval swords Alan Williams
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