Iron Age Britons Used Slag-Tapping Furnaces Before the Roman Conquest
Radiocarbon dates from an iron-production site in Kent suggest that British metalworkers were draining molten slag from their furnaces before the Roman conquest of AD…
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3,000-Year-Old Copper-Smelting Complex in Georgia Is the Largest Found in Ancient Colchis
Archaeologists working in western Georgia have uncovered a 3,000-year-old metallurgical complex described as the largest Bronze Age copper workshop yet discovered in the ancient region…
First Complete Plano-Convex Ingot Discovered in Sweden: Chemical Analysis Dates Artifact to the Iron Age
Archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg have identified the first complete plano-convex ingot ever discovered in Sweden. The find, unearthed in Särdal, was analyzed using…