The archaeometallurgy of iron
Subtitle: recent developments in archaeological and scientifc research
By: edited by Jiří Hošek, Henry Cleere and L̕ubomír Mihok
Contributors: Archeologický ústav (Akademie věd České republiky)
Publisher: Institute of Archaeology of the ASCR
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Praha
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9788087365410
Subjects: Metallurgy in archaeology; Ironwork; Bibliography; Antiquities; Metallurgy; Iron; Excavations (Archaeology); History
Notes: "Dedicated to Professor Radomír Pleiner."

"Within this volume, several authors from both western and eastern Europe introduces in eighteen contributions recent and/or summarizing results of archaeological and scientific research into the making and working of iron in antiquity and more recent periods, along with a number of related issues. The book is divided into following sections: 1) examples of ancient bloomery furnaces and the development of iron metallurgy in Europe, 2) examples of research on ancient and early European iron forging, 3) examples of involvement of archaeometallurgy into archaeological, historical and historical-technological research, 4) examples of experimental archaeometallurgy"--Provided by publisher.

"List of R. Pleiner's publications": P. 7-28.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summaries in Czech.
Table of contents: title: Radomír Pleiner: the magister ferrariarum at 80 / by H. Cleere; title: Examples of ancient bloomery furnaces and the development of iron metallurgy in Europe. A new perspective on the ancient slag-pit bloomery smelting furnace / by K. Bielenin; title: The canal-pit and its role in the bloomery process: the example of the Przeworsk culture furnaces in the Polish territories / by S. Orzechowski; title: The oldest iron-smelting furnaces in Denmark / by A. Jouttijärvi and O. Voss; title: Some results and questions of the archaeometallurgy in Hungary / by J. Gömöri; title: Some aspects of the development of Great Moravian iron metallurgy / by V. Souchopová, J. Merta and O. Merta; title: Norway as as a bloomery iron producer / by A. Espelund; title: Examples of research on ancient and early European iron forging. The chemical and metallographic analyses of the prehistoric ring from the "Bull's Rock" cave / by K. Stránský; title: The craft of the Dacian blacksmiths / by Ĺ. Mihok and V. G. Kotigoroshko; title: Early medieval knife manufacture in Britain: a comparison between rural and urban settlements (AD 400-1000) / by E. Blakelock and G. McDonnell; title: Metallography of knives from the medieval village of Hrdlovka and the burial ground of Zlončice, Bohemia / by J. Hošek and P. Meduna; title: Technological traditions in the craft of the blacksmith in old Russian Shestovitsa / by G.A. Voznesenskaya; title: Further metallographic studies on early armour from Churburg / by A. Williams; title: From Soissons to Beauvais: the use of iron in some French cathedrals / by P. Dillmann; title: Examples of involvement of archaeometallurgy into archaeological, historical and historical-technological research. Archaeological metallography in Russia: historiographic notes / by V.I. Zavyalov; title: Archaeometallography in solving historical and cultural problems / by V.I. Zavyalov, L.S. Rozanova and N.N. Terekhova; title: The multidisciplinary approach (archaeology and archaeometry) to bloom-smithing activities in France: examples of results from the last 20 years / by P. Fluzin, S. Bauvais, M. Berranger, G. Pagès and P. Dillmann; title: Examples of experimental archaeometallurgy. Cast iron from a bloomery furnace / by P. Crew, M. Charlton, P. Dillmann, P. Fluzin, C. Salter and E. Truffaut; title: The Celtic sword: a source of practical inspiration / by J. Lang.