Iron Age and Roman Copper Alloys from Northern Britain

The paper uses an overall view of Roman copper metallurgy (and that derived from previous work) to examine changes in alloy production and use. The results (interpreted in the light of metallurgical theory and practice, and of wider archaeological theory and data) challenge many of the traditional a...

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Main Author: David Dungworth
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of York 1997-03-01
Series:Internet Archaeology
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Online Access:http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue2/dungworth_index.html
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Summary:The paper uses an overall view of Roman copper metallurgy (and that derived from previous work) to examine changes in alloy production and use. The results (interpreted in the light of metallurgical theory and practice, and of wider archaeological theory and data) challenge many of the traditional accounts of chronological and cultural change, and of the deposition processes operating in the Roman period.
ISSN:1363-5387