Substantial research efforts have been devoted in recent years to the understanding of early copper metallurgy in Italy. The attempt is to cross the results of several disciplines, including mineralogy, ore geology, geochemistry, experimental metallurgy, structural crystallography, and many others in order to build a consistent picture out of the available archaeological and archaeometric evidence. Three topics will be put into focus: (1) the use of geochemical tracers for metal provenancing; (2) smelting slags: geographical distribution and interpretation of smelting processes; (3) the use of non invasive metal analysis for the interpretation of copper metallurgy. Several examples and case studies are described to show the full and exciting potentials of novel analytical methods towards the understanding of prehistoric metallurgy.
Dal minerale al metallo: il punto delle ricerche su provenienza del metallo ed interpretazione delle tecnologie metallurgiche nell’età del rame
ARTIOLI, GILBERTO
2011
Abstract
Substantial research efforts have been devoted in recent years to the understanding of early copper metallurgy in Italy. The attempt is to cross the results of several disciplines, including mineralogy, ore geology, geochemistry, experimental metallurgy, structural crystallography, and many others in order to build a consistent picture out of the available archaeological and archaeometric evidence. Three topics will be put into focus: (1) the use of geochemical tracers for metal provenancing; (2) smelting slags: geographical distribution and interpretation of smelting processes; (3) the use of non invasive metal analysis for the interpretation of copper metallurgy. Several examples and case studies are described to show the full and exciting potentials of novel analytical methods towards the understanding of prehistoric metallurgy.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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