A5007340897- Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Archaeological and Historical Studies
- Building materials and conservation
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Economic and Technological Innovation
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Medieval Architecture and Archaeology
- Geological and Geochemical Analysis
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Mining and Resource Management
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies
University of the Basque Country
2018-2023
National Research Center on Human Evolution
2021-2022
University College London
2010-2015
Museum of London Archaeology
2010-2015
Gold and silver production was of major importance for almost all ancient societies but has been rarely studied archaeologically. Here we present a reconstruction previously undocumented technology used to recover gold, lead at the site Baojia in Jiangxi province, China dated between 7th 13th centuries AD. Smelting mixture sulphidic gossan ores relatively low temperature furnace under mildly reducing conditions, process involved use metallic iron reduce sulphide metal, which acted as...
Abstract The Incas appropriated many local metallurgical technologies throughout the Andes, each of which had its unique peculiarities and was based on ancestral knowledge. widespread use tin-bronze during Inca expansion, development mining smelting sites, as well ethno-historical records evidence Incas’ interest in copper smelting, a key activity Andes since ca . 1400 BC. However, little is known about technical parameters achieved by ancient metallurgists changes that occurred expansion....
Abstract Please click here to download the map associated with this article. The limestones of Sierra de Araico (Condado Treviño, Spain), located in Miranda-Treviño syncline (Basque-Cantabrian basin, Pyrenean Range), show silicificated nodules (flint) which have been exploited by means non-complicated mining works (trenches and shallow pits), from Pleistocene through Holocene historical times. flint had wide geographical distribution involved archaeological sites across several tens km. In...
This paper deals with the metallographic examination of 18 medieval iron objects economic and domestic character, is set out as preliminary results research project Basquesmith. aims to explore production utensils used by a specific part social spectrum: peasantry. The artefacts, most which date Early Medieval period (8th–10th centuries ad ) were excavated at single rural settlement in region Álava Plain (northern Spain), correspond ordinary such nails or scissors, are under‐represented...
The Basquesmith project aims to illuminate the cycle of iron production and consumption by early medieval rural farming communities in Álava province, Basque Country, northern Spain.
En este trabajo se presentan resultados preliminares de un proyecto investigación sobre los paisajes altomedievales en la sierra Ávila, particular del yacimiento La Coba (San Juan Olmo). Este yacimiento, interpretado como una aldea altomedieval datada entre siglos VII y X d. n. e., ha sido excavado desde 2020, generando densa información que analiza el presente artículo. Así, atenderá a distintos aspectos contexto, destacan organización espacial interna, arquitectura doméstica, cultura...
This paper presents evidence of ceramic technology in western Tiris (Western Sahara), dated by thermoluminescence to the third millennium cal. BP. Western is an arid region mostly covered desert where recent archaeological fieldwork has nevertheless revealed a significant network settlements from Neolithic period inhabited nomadic people. Domestic pottery and lithic materials are common register these sites, but three sherds found Lejuad XVII rockshelter present features typical technical...
Abstract In this work, we present the preliminary data have obtained in Neolithic flint quarry of Pozarrate, currently under archaeological works. We want to put forward an update about sedimentary fillings one crescent-shaped dump quarries (6000–5600 BP). It is located at Sierra de Araico-Cucho (Treviño, northern Spain). region, Tertiary carbonated terrains which host important silicifications called Treviño (Tarriño, A. (2006). El sílex en la cuenca vasco-cantábrica y Pirineo Navarro....
This paper presents the current state of research on Early Neolithic flint quarry Pozarrate (Treviño, Burgos) in north Spain. site is part Prehistoric Flint Mining Complex Treviño. The geological features territory made it a suitable place for exploitation Treviño since Paleolithic times, especially during Neolithic. Recent at has revealed interesting findings, such as antler and dolerite mining equipment different tools, among other recoveries. Radiocarbon dates indicate an activity which...