Metals in Antiquity

Edited by Suzanne M. M. Young, A. Mark Pollard, Paul Budd and Robert A. Ixer
The book includes 43 papers which deal with various aspects of metals, metallurgy and metalworking in antiquity. Areas covered stretch from China, Americas to Europe. The general goal was to explore the distribution of metals in the natural environment, extractive metallurgy and fabrication processes, as well as social context, use and deposition of artefacts, and combine anthropology, archaeology and the earth sciences.

Product details

• Assisted by: Paul Budd (Editor), A. Mark Pollard (Editor), Suzanne M. M. Young (Editor)
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.1999
• EAN: 9781841710082
• ISBN: 978-1-84171-008-2
• No. of pages: 362
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 297 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 1391 g
• Series: Avebury Series in Philosophy; BAR International; BAR International Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)