This paper reviews the research into the methodology of lead isotope provenance studies
carried out at the University of Oxford between 1975 and 2002, at first in the Department of …

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 …

Archaeometallurgy is one aspect of the widespread interdisciplinary field of science-based
archaeology and is itself multifaceted (for a recent review, see Rehren and Pernicka 2008) …

The beginnings of extractive metallurgy in Eurasia are contentious. The first cast copper
objects in this region emerge c. 7000 years ago, and their production has been tentatively …

Christopher P. Thornton is a specialist in the ancient metallurgy of the Middle East,
combining anthropological theory with archaeometrical analysis to understand the …

Archaeological chemistry is a subject of great importance to the study and methodology of
archaeology. This comprehensive text covers the subject with a full range of case studies …

Electrochemistry plays an important role in preserving our cultural heritage. For the first time
this has been documented in the present volume. Coverage includes both electrochemical …

This article presents the results of a comprehensive provenance study based on a combined
geochemical-isotopic and archaeological approach, comprising 98 analyses of 97 copper …

The development of metallurgy in Anatolia is argued to be the result of complex long-term
engagements and interactions among diversified highland and lowland communities. We …

Money is one of the most timeless, all-pervading, and arbitrary inventions in human history.
Its ubiquity in time and space offers great scope for comparative archaeological research …