Metals In Past Societies
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Metals In Past Societies
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Author : Shadreck Chirikure
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-03-18
Metals In Past Societies written by Shadreck Chirikure and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-18 with Social Science categories.
This book seeks to communicate to both a global and local audience, the key attributes of pre-industrial African metallurgy such as technological variation across space and time, methods of mining and extractive metallurgy and the fabrication of metal objects. These processes were transformative in a physical and metaphoric sense, which made them total social facts. Because the production and use of metals was an accretion of various categories of practice, a chaine operatoire conceptual and theoretical framework that simultaneously considers the embedded technological and anthropological factors was used. The book focuses on Africa’s different regions as roughly defined by cultural geography. On the one hand there is North Africa, Egypt, the Egyptian Sudan, and the Horn of Africa which share cultural inheritances with the Middle East and on the other is Africa south of the Sahara and the Sudan which despite interacting with the former is remarkably different in terms of technological practice. For example, not only is the timing of metallurgy different but so is the infrastructure for working metals and the associated symbolic and sociological factors. The cultural valuation of metals and the social positions of metal workers were different too although there is evidence of some values transfer and multi-directional technological cross borrowing. The multitude of permutations associated with metals production and use amply demonstrates that metals participated in the production and reproduction of society. Despite huge temporal and spatial differences there are so many common factors between African metallurgy and that of other regions of the world. For example, the role of magic and ritual in metal working is almost universal be it in Bolivia, Nepal, Malawi, Timna, Togo or Zimbabwe. Similarly, techniques of mining were constrained by the underlying geology but this should not in any way suggest that Africa’s metallurgy was derivative or that the continent had no initiative. Rather it demonstrates that when confronted with similar challenges, humanity in different regions of the world responded to identical challenges in predictable ways mediated as mediated by the prevailing cultural context. The success of the use of historical and ethnographic data in understanding variation and improvisation in African metallurgical practices flags the potential utility of these sources in Asia, Latin America and Europe. Some nuance is however needed because it is simply naïve to assume that everything depicted in the history or ethnography has a parallel in the past and vice versa. Rather, the confluence of archaeology, history and ethnography becomes a pedestal for dialogue between different sources, subjects and ideas that is important for broadening our knowledge of global categories of metallurgical practice.
A History Of Metallurgy
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Author : R. F. Tylecote
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
A History Of Metallurgy written by R. F. Tylecote and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Technologie - Siedlung - Gold - Silber
Ban Chiang Northeast Thailand Volume 2c
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Author : Joyce C. White
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Release Date : 2019-12-06
Ban Chiang Northeast Thailand Volume 2c written by Joyce C. White and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-06 with Social Science categories.
This third volume in the series is devoted to presenting and interpreting the metallurgical evidence from Ban Chiang, northeast Thailand, in the broader regional context. Because the production of metal artifacts must engage numerous communities in order to acquire and process the raw materials and then create and distribute products, understanding metals in past societies requires a regional perspective. This is the first book to compile, summarize, and synthesize the English-language copper production and exchange evidence available so far from Thailand and Laos in a thorough and systematic manner. Chapters by Vincent C. Pigott and Thomas O. Pryce examine in detail the mining and smelting of copper in several sites, and the lead-isotope evidence for the sourcing of artifacts found in two of the consumption sites included in the study. Another chapter compiles the metal consumption evidence, including results of technical studies on prehistoric metals recovered from more than 35 sites excavated in central and northeast Thailand. This compilation demonstrates important regional variation in chaînes opératoires, allowing explication and synthesis of the technological traditions found in this region during prehistory. The review and compilation sheds new light on the social and economic context for the adoption and development of metallurgy in this part of the world. One key insight is that Thailand presents a case for a "community-driven bronze age," where the choices of peaceful local communities, not elites or centralized political entities, shaped how metal technological systems were implemented in this region. This fresh perspective on the role of metallurgy in ancient societies contributes to an expanded global understanding of how humans have engaged metal technologies, contributing to debunking the conventional paradigm that emphasized a top-down view and a standardized metallurgical sequence, a paradigm that has dominated archeometallurgical studies for the last century or more. Thai Archaeology Monograph Series, 2C University Museum Monograph, 153
Analysis Of Ancient Metals
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Author : Earle Radcliffe Caley
language : en
Publisher: Reader's Digest Young Families
Release Date : 1964
Analysis Of Ancient Metals written by Earle Radcliffe Caley and has been published by Reader's Digest Young Families this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Apart from its own interests, the subject also has value in the solution of archaeological problems.
Metals In Lba Minoan And Mycenaean Societies On Crete
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Author : Lena Hakulin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Metals In Lba Minoan And Mycenaean Societies On Crete written by Lena Hakulin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Archaeology categories.
Gilded Metals
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Author : Terry Drayman-Weisser
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Gilded Metals written by Terry Drayman-Weisser and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Art categories.
Through this lavishly illustrated volume, readers will discover how various cultures, ranging from ancient societies to more recent Western cultures, created gilded surfaces and how the allure of gold inspired new and ingenious technologies. Among others, practical techniques covered include foil and leaf gilding, depletion and diffusion techniques, fire gilding and electroplating. Conservation issues are also addressed.
Ban Chiang Northeast Thailand Volume 2c
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Author : Joyce C. White
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Release Date : 2020-02-07
Ban Chiang Northeast Thailand Volume 2c written by Joyce C. White and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-07 with Social Science categories.
This third volume in the series is devoted to presenting and interpreting the metallurgical evidence from Ban Chiang, northeast Thailand, in the broader regional context. Because the production of metal artifacts must engage numerous communities in order to acquire and process the raw materials and then create and distribute products, understanding metals in past societies requires a regional perspective. This is the first book to compile, summarize, and synthesize the English-language copper production and exchange evidence available so far from Thailand and Laos in a thorough and systematic manner. Chapters by Vincent C. Pigott and Thomas O. Pryce examine in detail the mining and smelting of copper in several sites, and the lead-isotope evidence for the sourcing of artifacts found in two of the consumption sites included in the study. Another chapter compiles the metal consumption evidence, including results of technical studies on prehistoric metals recovered from more than 35 sites excavated in central and northeast Thailand. This compilation demonstrates important regional variation in chaînes opératoires, allowing explication and synthesis of the technological traditions found in this region during prehistory. The review and compilation sheds new light on the social and economic context for the adoption and development of metallurgy in this part of the world. One key insight is that Thailand presents a case for a "community-driven bronze age," where the choices of peaceful local communities, not elites or centralized political entities, shaped how metal technological systems were implemented in this region. This fresh perspective on the role of metallurgy in ancient societies contributes to an expanded global understanding of how humans have engaged metal technologies, contributing to debunking the conventional paradigm that emphasized a top-down view and a standardized metallurgical sequence, a paradigm that has dominated archeometallurgical studies for the last century or more. Thai Archaeology Monograph Series, 2C University Museum Monograph, 153
Metals And Society
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Author : Barbara S. Ottaway
language : en
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
Release Date : 2002
Metals And Society written by Barbara S. Ottaway and has been published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Thirteen papers, from the EEA Sixth Annual Meeting held in Lisbon in 2000, aim to explain the role that metal and metalworking played in past societies and to integrate analytical data with theoretical, contextual and ethno-archaeological studies'.
Making Metals And Moulding Society
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Author : Thilo Rehren
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Release Date : 2020-02-19
Making Metals And Moulding Society written by Thilo Rehren and has been published by Oxbow Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-19 with History categories.
The emergence and spread of the Bronze Age continues to drive scholarly debate across many disciplines, from theoretical, funerary and economic archaeology to archaeometallurgy and social archaeology. This volume brings together leading experts from around the world looking at the Bronze Age as a global phenomenon. Papers examine the emergence and spread of bronze metallurgy, its role in society and impact on developing economies. Case studies range from China through Europe and to Africa and South America. Each chapter highlights a particular region and its unique trajectories, while the book as a whole provides a fascinating overview of the richness and diversity of Bronze Age archaeology.
Metals And Societies
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Author : Tobias L. Kienlin
language : de
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Metals And Societies written by Tobias L. Kienlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Europe categories.