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Historical Metallurgy Society Archaeology Datasheets A number of years ago the Historical Metallurgy Society formed an Archaeology Committee, with the general aim of improving communication between archaeologists and metallurgists. This committee has been responsible for organising a range of conferences and workshops, including a series of 'slag days' at which archaeologists have had the opportunity to examine and discuss this difficult and interesting material. The idea of producing a series of Archaeology Datasheets has been discussed for some time. The Datasheets are intended to provide brief introductions to particular processes or topics, with the emphasis on the types of structural evidence, artefacts and residues likely to be encountered on excavations, with a short bibliography of the most useful publications. We hope to extend the series as the need for further titles arises.