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Few critical evaluations of fieldwork methods applied to iron production and ironworking remains ... more Few critical evaluations of fieldwork methods applied to iron production and ironworking remains exist. This paper demonstrates how an experimental smelt can be a proxy for testing and evaluating methods used to detect, record and excavate a bloomery furnace and smithing hearth. In this investigation, a series of smelting and smithing experiments were recorded and compared to the results obtained from an archaeological analysis into their heavily disturbed remains (topographical survey, geophysical prospection, magnetic survey collection and excavation). Non-invasive techniques confirmed the presence of pyrotechnology. Invasive methods, however, highlighted the importance of examining micro-residues in providing a greater insight into the metallurgical activities that had taken place. The methods used and the results of the experiment are assessed in comparison to known archaeological examples from a Roman iron smelting complex in Hüttenberg (Austria) to demonstrate how a proxy can be effective in better understanding archaeological remains. Some of the broader issues relating to fieldwork methods and guidelines are also discussed.
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Birch, Cech, Scholger, Walach and Stremke 2011, in Hauptmann, Modaressi-Tehrani and Prange (eds) ... more Birch, Cech, Scholger, Walach and Stremke 2011, in Hauptmann, Modaressi-Tehrani and Prange (eds) International Conference, Archaeometallurgy in Europe III, Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum. Metalla, Sonderheft 4, 237-238
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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2013
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The aim of this session is to introduce delegates to the potential of using drones (UAV's) as par... more The aim of this session is to introduce delegates to the potential of using drones (UAV's) as part of an integrated approach to archaeological fieldwork. The session will be run by a specialist in aerial drone survey from Germany and a UK based academic archaeologist who has used drones as part of a wider archaeological project. The session will stress the importance of having specialists trained in flying drones as well as terrestrial survey techniques which can be used as a basis for aerial photogrammetry. In addition the session will discuss how an awareness of the potential of drones is needed in the wider archaeological community.
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Nubian Archaeology in the XXIst Century (M. Honegger, Ed), 2018
This paper gives an overview of late first millennium BC sandstone quarrying in the region of Mer... more This paper gives an overview of late first millennium BC sandstone quarrying in the region of Meroe, the ancient capital of the Kingdom of Kush in northern Sudan. Modern survey methods such as aerial photography, photogrammetry and 3D modelling were used for the documentation of the 92 quarries that were identified in an area of approximately 175 km2 with the pyramids and the Royal City at its centre. The “chaîne opératoire” of Meroitic quarrying was reconstructed based on the surviving archaeological evidence, from prospecting for suitable sandstone, subsequently opening a quarry and extracting blocks and column drums, and finally to modes of transportation. A section on the importance of these early industrial sites and the need for their preservation concludes the article.
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