Metallurgical Production in Northern Eurasia in the Bronze Age

Copper is the first metal to play a large part in human history. This work is devoted to the history of metallurgical production in Northern Eurasia during the Bronze Age, based on experiments carried out by the author and analyses of ancient slag, ore and metal.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grigoriev, Stanislav
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2016.
Subjects:
Online Access:Click for online access

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000Mu 4500
001 on1273980550
003 OCoLC
005 20241120213016.0
006 m o d
007 cr |||||||||||
008 211009s2016 enk o ||| 0 eng d
040 |a EBLCP  |b eng  |c EBLCP  |d EBLCP  |d REDDC  |d OCLCF  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ 
019 |a 1272992523  |a 1276851606 
020 |a 9781784912369 
020 |a 1784912360 
035 |a (OCoLC)1273980550  |z (OCoLC)1272992523  |z (OCoLC)1276851606 
050 4 |a GN778.28  |b .G754 2015 
049 |a HCDD 
100 1 |a Grigoriev, Stanislav. 
245 1 0 |a Metallurgical Production in Northern Eurasia in the Bronze Age  |h [electronic resource]. 
260 |a Oxford :  |b Archaeopress,  |c 2016. 
300 |a 1 online resource (831 p.) 
500 |a Description based upon print version of record. 
505 0 |a Title -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Bookmark 435 -- Introduction -- Tab. 0-1. Melting points of some slag minerals. -- Tab. 0-2. Relative viscosity calculated for ores of different chemical compositions. -- Tab. 0-3. Viscosity calculated for slags of different chemical compositions. -- _GoBack -- Tab. 0-4. Coefficients of basicity and acidity used for the classification of slag. -- Tab. 0-5. Quantity of analyses of ore and slag used for calculations of regularities of the trace-elements transition. -- _GoBack -- _GoBack 
505 8 |a Tab. 0-6. Coefficients of trace-elements transition from ore to slag. Statistically doubtful trace-elements are marked out with bold. -- Tab. 0-7. Coefficients of trace-elements transition from ore (settlement of Ilyaska). -- Fig. 0-8. Diagram of correlation of lead isotopes (after Gale and Stos-Gale, 2002). -- Chapter 1. Experiments with Ancient Copper Smelting Technologies 
505 8 |a Fig. 1-I. Experimental works: 1 -- Large pieces of birch charcoal allow air to circulate freely in the furnace. 2 -- Smelting bowl filled with oxidized ore. 3 -- The firing of tuyeres and crucibles in the open fire. 4 -- Tuyere after its use. It is well visi -- Fig. 1-II. Experimental works: 1 -- Heaving of the clay lining on the bottom in the process of drying. Therefore in the process of drying it was necessary to seal the surface. 2 -- Dismantling of the furnace. The walls are fired to red color on considerab 
505 8 |a Fig. 1-III. Experimental works: 1 -- Furnace and smelting bowl after operation. The stick shows the direction of blowing from the tuyere. The red color around the tuyere demonstrates the area of the oxidizing conditions. The black walls show the area of -- Fig. 1-IV. Experimental works: 1 -- Smelting of oxidized ores is carried out almost without smoke and flame. Color of the charcoal makes possible to distinguish areas with different temperatures. Thus, under the upper layer of charcoal there is an area o 
505 8 |a Fig. 1-V. Experimental works: 1 -- Microstructure of slag of experimental smelting 5. Length of the photo is 0.54 mm. Delafossite needles, dendrites of cuprite (cherry-colored) and octahedral of magnetite in glass matrix. 2 -- Microstructure of slag of ex -- Fig. 1-2. Furnace connected to a well. In such furnaces the air circulates along the walls around the interior, uniformly warming the furnace, and the air from bellows goes to its center. Then the air leaves the furnace through a flue situated near the 
500 |a Tab. 1-1. Bulk chemical analyses of sand, clay, lining, ore and slag of experimental works (weight %). The analyses have been done in the Chemical laboratory of the Chelyabinsk geological expedition. 
520 |a Copper is the first metal to play a large part in human history. This work is devoted to the history of metallurgical production in Northern Eurasia during the Bronze Age, based on experiments carried out by the author and analyses of ancient slag, ore and metal. 
650 0 |a Bronze age  |z Eurasia. 
650 0 |a Metal products  |z Eurasia  |x History  |y To 1500. 
650 7 |a Bronze age  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Metal products  |2 fast 
651 7 |a Eurasia  |2 fast 
648 7 |a To 1500  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History  |2 fast 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Grigoriev, Stanislav  |t Metallurgical Production in Northern Eurasia in the Bronze Age  |d Oxford : Archaeopress,c2016 
856 4 0 |u https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/holycrosscollege-ebooks/detail.action?docID=6728819  |y Click for online access 
903 |a EBC-AC 
994 |a 92  |b HCD