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  2. Roman metallurgy - Wikipedia

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    The Metallurgy of Roman Silver Coinage: From the Reform of Nero to the Reform of Trajan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Corretti,Benvenuti. "Beginning of iron metallurgy in Tuscany, with special reference to Etruria mineraria." Mediterranean archaeology 14 (2001): 127–45. Healy, John F. Mining and metallurgy in the Greek and ...

  3. Category:Ancient Roman metalwork - Wikipedia

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  4. Bloomery - Wikipedia

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    Those known archaeologically from the pre-Roman Iron Age tend to be in the 2 kg range, produced in low shaft furnaces. Roman-era production often used furnaces tall enough to create a natural draft effect (into the range of 200 cm tall), and increasing bloom sizes into the range of 10–15 kg. [ 12 ]

  5. Category:Industry in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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    Roman metallurgy; Meurin Roman mine; Mining in ancient Rome; Mining in Roman Britain; N. Noric steel; R. Roman mining; Rosia Montana Mining Cultural Landscape; Ruina ...

  6. Archaeometallurgy - Wikipedia

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    One of the methods of archaeometallurgy is the study of modern metals and alloys to explain and understand the use of metals in the past. A study conducted by the department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at Weizmann Institute of Science and the department of Archaeology at the University of Haifia analyzed the chemical composition and the mass of different denominations of Euro coinage.

  7. Metals of antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The metals of antiquity generally have low melting points, with iron being the exception.. Mercury melts at −38.829 °C (−37.89 °F) [21] (being liquid at room temperature).

  8. Tin sources and trade during antiquity - Wikipedia

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    The early Roman world was mainly supplied with tin from its Iberian provinces of Gallaecia and Lusitania and to a lesser extent Tuscany. Pliny mentions that in 80 BC, a senatorial decree halted all mining on the Italian Peninsula, stopping any tin mining activity in Tuscany and increasing Roman dependence on tin from Brittany, Iberia, and Cornwall.

  9. Ferrous metallurgy - Wikipedia

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    Ferrous metallurgy is the metallurgy of iron and its alloys. The earliest surviving prehistoric iron artifacts, ... Roman metallurgy; Citations Bibliography. Ebrey ...