Archaeometallurgy: The study of preindustrial mining and metallurgy

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 559-575

  Killick, David ^a   Fenn, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

archaeology; exchange; innovation; materiality; production; technology

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; INNOVATION; METALLURGY; MINING INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873306941     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anthro-092611-145719     Document Type: Review

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