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Archaeometallurgy - Materials Science Aspects

AUTHOR Hauptmann, Andreas
PUBLISHER Springer (11/22/2020)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits, archaeological field evidence of early metal production, and basic chemical-physical principles, as well as experimental ethnographic works on a low handicraft base and artisanal metal production to help readers better understand what happened in antiquity. The book is chiefly intended for scholars and students engaged in interdisciplinary work.

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ISBN-13: 9783030503666
ISBN-10: 3030503666
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 595
Carton Quantity: 6
Product Dimensions: 7.00 x 1.31 x 10.00 inches
Weight: 2.81 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Illustrated
Country of Origin: NL
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Science | Earth Sciences - Mineralogy
Science | Archaeology
Science | Materials Science - General
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This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits, archaeological field evidence of early metal production, and basic chemical-physical principles, as well as experimental ethnographic works on a low handicraft base and artisanal metal production to help readers better understand what happened in antiquity. The book is chiefly intended for scholars and students engaged in interdisciplinary work.


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This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits, archaeological field evidence of early metal production, and basic chemical-physical principles, as well as experimental ethnographic works on a low handicraft base and artisanal metal production to help readers better understand what happened in antiquity. The book is chiefly intended for scholars and students engaged in interdisciplinary work.

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Author: Hauptmann, Andreas
Andreas Hauptmann is a trained mineralogist and is concurrently head of the Research Group for Archaeometallurgy at the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum, Bochum and a professor of archaeometry at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Born in 1950, his research has focused on early mining and metallurgy, and the analysis of copper, bronze, iron, gold and pottery. He has led and been involved in major expeditions to Jordan, Oman and Georgia and has participated in many excavations in Germany, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Greece, Syria and Cyprus.
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