History of technology
Subtitle: the role of metals
By: edited by Stuart J. Fleming and Helen R. Schenck
Series: MASCA research papers in science and archaeology -- v. 6 (1989); MASCA research papers in science and archaeology -- v. 6
Publisher: MASCA, the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
Subjects: Metal-work; History; Prehistoric Tools; Archaeology; Methodology; Technology; Archeologische aspecten; Metallurgie; Techniekgeschiedenis (wetenschap); Arqueologia e ciencias; Arqueologia classica; Artefatos (arqueologia); Tecnologia pre-historica; Metal (arte)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Ancient cooper production in the area of Feinan, Khirbet En-Nahas, and Wadi el-Jariye, Wadi Arabah, Jordan / Andreas Hauptmann and Gerd Weisgerber, Hans-Gert Bachmann; title: Bronze casting at Olympia in classical times / Gerwulf Schneider; title: Etruscan mirrors : a reinterpretation / Martha Goodway; title: Electricity generation or magic? The analysis of an unusual group of finds from Mesopotamia / Emmerich Paszthory; title: Lead isotope measurements and their application to roman lead and bronze artifacts from Carthage / Ronald M. Farquhar and Vanda Vitali; title: The development of the Turm-Rosenhof Mine, 1540-1820, Clausthal, Upper Harz / Christoph Bartels; title: Neutron activation analysis of metals : a case study / Michael L. Wayman; title: Application of energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence analysis to a variety of archaeological materials / Janice H. Carlson; title: Sidney Thomas's invention and its later impact / F.D. Richardson and J.H.E. Jeffes.