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The prehistory of metallurgy in the British Isles / R. F. Tylecote.

By: Tylecote, R. F.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Institute of Metals, c1986Description: xii, 257 p. : ill., plans ; 31 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0901462969.Subject(s): Metallurgy -- Great Britain -- History | Mineral industries, Prehistoric | Metal-work, Prehistoric -- Great BritainDDC classification: 669.009361
Contents:
The native metals -- Copper and copper alloys -- The production and properties of tin and its alloys -- Lead, silver and antimony -- Fabrication -- The coming of iron -- The Roman Iron Age -- Iron in the early medieval period -- Water-powered bloomeries: the end of an era -- The charcoal blast furnace and the finery -- Fuels and their ashes.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book presents wealth of information on British metallurgical aspects of archaeology and information on fuels and fuel ashes. It aims to integrate the scientific work and to build it more into the body of the archaeological report for both archaeologists and metallurgists.

Book 506.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The native metals -- Copper and copper alloys -- The production and properties of tin and its alloys -- Lead, silver and antimony -- Fabrication -- The coming of iron -- The Roman Iron Age -- Iron in the early medieval period -- Water-powered bloomeries: the end of an era -- The charcoal blast furnace and the finery -- Fuels and their ashes.

Presented by Roger Hannam.