Following animated discussions in the 1990–2010 period concerning the validity and
potential application of Pb isotope data to yield information on ancient metallurgy, recently …

The rich and long-lasting Nordic Bronze Age was dependent throughout on incoming flows
of copper and tin. The crucial turning point for the development of the NBA can be …

El proyecto “Arqueometalurgia de la Península Ibérica” empezó en 1982 con el propósito de
estudiar la tecnología metalúrgica durante la Prehistoria y cubrir la limitación de datos …

This paper presents results of the use-wear analysis of Chalcolithic copper-base metalwork
from the Italian peninsula. Previous research led to contrasting scholarly opinions regarding …

Abstract The Late Neolithic and Copper Age were a time of change in most of Europe.
Technological innovations including animal traction, the wheel, and plow agriculture …

Sb was frequently used as a raw material, both in ancient glass-making (as an opacifier and
decolouriser) and metallurgy (either as an alloying element or as a pure metal). Despite this …

The paper discusses results of an interdisciplinary research project integrating lead isotope,
chemical, and archaeological analysis of 20 early metal objects from central Italy. The aim of …

This study seeks to discuss the origins and early spread of metal technology in the central
Mediterranean region. Neolithic and Copper Age evidence of metal-working and metal …

Following the first detailed work on ancient Egyptian metallurgy by Garland and Bannister
(1927), several large-scale characterisations of Egyptian copper alloy compositions have …

This paper analyses and re-evaluates current explanations and interpretations of the origins,
development and societal context of metallurgy in the Balkans (c. 6200–3700 BC). The early …