7620
Accession Number
7361
Title Of Article Chaper
Early Bronze Age lead-silver mining and metallurgy in the Aegean: the ancient workings on Siphnos
Title Of Journal Book
Scientific studies in early mining and extractive metallurgy
Volume
20
Pages
63-85
Publisher
British museum
Publisher City
London
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Describes the survey, excavation and analysis of the mines. There is surprising evidence that cupellation was employed to separate the silver from the lead as early as the cycladic period. Lead isotope work was done to distinguish lead. See AATA 18-662.
Keywords
Silver, ore; Lead, mine; Isotope, lead; Silver, mine; Lead, metallurgy; Silver, metallurgy ICCROM
pub_id
7620