tepe sagzabad, a site situated on the qazvin plain of north-central iran, was excavated from 1970 to 1998 by the institute ofarchaeology of tehran university. recent excavations by h. tala’i (1997-1999) yielded some metal artifacts dating to theearly iron age. ten of these copper-based samples were investigated using inductively coupled plasma optical emissionspectroscopy (icp-oes), scanning el...

The article reviews the metallurgical processes used in first industrial ironworks operated Brazil, Patriótica Iron Factory, from 1812 to 1831. It discusses its impact on ironmaking plants that spread Minas Gerais's state during XIX century. remnants of this Factory Ouro Preto were site listed by Brazilian Historic Heritage Authority (SPHAN) 1938. Vale SA, owner site, and National Artistic Inst...

The pedagogical potential of archaeology is widely acknowledged and has led to a multitude formal informal resources, either promoting or exploiting this role. Science subjects are an essential part school curricula. Despite this, archaeological science not received equal attention, even though it among the most interdisciplinary fields with immense educational across both humanities sciences. ...

Abstract The systematic investment and rearrangement of the unearthed artefacts Longtoushan Royal Cemetery Bohai Kingdom have provided a bunch new information for archaeometallurgy research on non-ferrous metal production. We synthesised latest discoveries several related mining/smelting sites urban relics making direct approach to chain copper production in this research. SEM-EDS p-XRF unveile...

This Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Special Issue was prompted by the organisers Second International Conference on Archaeometallurgy (ICA II), which held at Lettres Sorbonne Universite and Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan in Paris, Plateforme experimentale Melle (CNRS, Institut Recherche sur les Archeomateriaux) Poitou region, France, from 25th September to 1st October 2019. The ...

during the course of our studies on archaeometallurgy in southeastern iran, we tried to survey the triangle of the sirdjān, neiriz and shahr- e- bābak. as a result, remains of old iron mining residues of smelting furnaces, and iron smelting slag heaps were observed and recorded. a few samples of iron ore and smelting slag have been analysed classically and instrumentally. according to the acq...