Abstract Since one of the aims modern archaeometallurgy is to understand processes carried out by ancient metalworkers, then ideally, we need go beyond traditional sources evidence for such — physical investigation and chemical analysis objects themselves, associated manufacturing debris. In order intentionality behind decisions taken these metalworkers (the ‘why’, in addition ‘how’), ‘see worl...

In the cultural heritage domain information systems are increasingly deployed, digital representations of physical objects are produced in immense numbers and there is a strong political pressure on memory institutions to make their holdings accessible to the public in digital form. The sector splits into a set of disciplines with highly specialized fields. Due to the resulting diversity, one c...

Mining, as defined by Stocks and Down is the ‘removal of minerals from their natural geological environment and their transport to the point of processing or use1’. As so defined mining has, in one form or another, been providing essential raw materials for tens of thousands of years. Although metal ores were first mined in southern Africa (south of 15°S) approximately 2 000 years ago, minerals...

Tepe Sagzabad, a site situated on the Qazvin Plain of north-central Iran, was excavated from 1970 to 1998 by the Institute ofArchaeology of Tehran University. Recent excavations by H. Tala’i (1997-1999) yielded some metal artifacts dating to theEarly Iron Age. Ten of these copper-based samples were investigated using inductively coupled plasma optical emissionspectroscopy (ICP-OES), scanning el...

in this paper, the evidences and remnants of archaeometallurgical activities in elamite site of haft tappeh (14th century bc) have investigated and identification of archaeometallurgical materials have been done based on analytical investigations. sem-eds analysis and metallography were used to identify the chemical composition and microstructural features of archaeometallurgical materials in h...