Prehistoric Mining and Metallurgy in South West Iberian Peninsula

By Mark A. Hunt Ortiz

This very full study of Prehistoric (Neolithic-Chalcolithic transition, Chalcolithic, Middle Bronze Age, Pre-Orientalizing Late Bronze Age, Orientalizing) mining and metallurgy in the south west Iberian Peninsula, details sites from Cerro Jes s in the east to Joao Marques in the west. The book offers a rare monograph in English on this important aspect of metals and material culture. The author surveys and analyses hundreds of Prehistoric era sites and finds, and the result is a 400-page work in seven parts. The chapter headings include Mining-metallurgical surveys; Analytical methods; Geological background and mineral resources; Archaeological register and analysis: Bases for the archaeo-metallurgical investigation; Isotopic characterisation of the south west Iberian peninsula; Mining and metallurgical technology; Evaluation and dynamics of mining and metallurgy during the recent prehistory in the south west Iberian peninsula.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841715549
• ISBN13: 9781841715544
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 3.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.3" x 11.7"