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Hist Metall 38 (2)
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Title:
Hist Metall 38 (2)
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Series:
Historical Metallurgy
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Volume:
38 (2)
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Publication Type:
Journal
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Editor:
Justine Bayley
Sam Murphy
David W Crossley
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Publisher:
Historical Metallurgy Society
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Year of Publication:
2004
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://hist-met.org/
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Created Date:
23 Feb 2006
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Abstract
Medieval metalwork: an analytical study of copper-alloy objects
Roger Brownsword
84 - 105
Copper-alloy objects of the medieval and early post-medieval periods were analysed to establish whether there was any pattern to the alloy compositions used, as a function of object type, or date or place of manufacture. Objects from northwest Europe, of twelfth- to seventeenth-century date and mostly at least partly utilitarian, showed compositional correlations, to the extent that characteristic compositions were identifiable for some regions for the late medieval and early post-medieval periods. A method is presented of displaying compositions graphically which proved useful in exploring the phenomenon of alloy evolution. The use of scrap metal of unknown pedigree seems not to have been usual. It has been shown that dating and provenancing (in broad terms) is possible for many object types using alloy compositional data. Includes
Analytical technique
104
Triangular scatter plots (pseudo-ternaries) used to present compositional information on groups of copper alloys
104
The Cranage brothers and eighteenth-century forge technology
Richard Hayman
113 - 120
Article re-assessing the evidence for the Cranage process for producing wrought iron in a reverberatory furnace, and considers whether it had any influence on subsequent technological development. Questions are raised about the development of technology in the wrought iron industry and the way in which the evidence has been interpreted by historians and archaeologists.
Abstracts
127 - 130