Iron Age and Roman Copper Alloys from Northern Britain
David Dungworth
Table of Contents
- 2 Previous analytical work
- 2.1 Iron Age alloys
- 2.2 Roman copper alloys
- 2.3 Methods for Presenting and Describing Results
- 3 Analytical Method
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 X-ray Fluorescence
- 3.3 Elements
- 3.4 Sample preparation
- 3.5 Corrosion
- 3.6 Polishing
- 3.7 Drillings
- 3.8 Quantification
- 3.9 Minimum detectable levels
- 3.10 The estimate of confidence limits
- 3.11 Summary
- 4 Archaeological Background
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Iron Age
- 4.2.1 Origins
- 4.2.2 'Arras Culture'
- 4.2.3 Iron Age Settlement Patterns
- 4.2.4 Iron Age Agricultural Economies
- 4.2.5 Iron Age Britain and the 'Celts'
- 4.2.6 Transformations to Late Iron Age Society
- 4.3 The Roman Period
- 4.3.1 The Roman Conquest
- 4.3.2 Nature of the Roman Occupation
- 4.3.3 Romanisation and Roman Imperialism
- 4.4 Deposition and the Archaeological Record
- 5 Iron Age
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Late Bronze Age/Earliest Iron Age
- 5.3 Iron Age copper alloys
- 5.3.1 Introduction
- 5.3.2 Alloying in the Iron Age: Tin
- 5.3.3 Alloying in the Iron Age: Lead
- 5.3.4 Alloying in the Iron Age: Zinc
- 5.3.5 Impurities in Iron Age alloys: introduction
- 5.3.6 Impurities in Iron Age alloys: Arsenic
- 5.3.7 Impurities in Iron Age alloys: Iron
- 5.3.8 Impurities in Iron Age alloys: Cobalt
- 5.3.9 Impurities in Iron Age alloys: Nickel
- 5.3.10 Impurities in Iron Age alloys: Conclusions
- 5.4 Iron Age alloys - Summary
- 5.5 'Celtic' metalwork
- 5.6 Late Iron Age copper alloys
- 5.7 Summary
- 6. Roman Copper Alloys: A General Examination
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Sampling
- 6.3 Alloying in the Roman Period
- 6.4 The relationships between different alloying elements
- 6.5 Comparisons with Previous Analyses
- 6.6 Trace elements in Roman Alloys
- 6.7 Summary
- 7 Copper Alloys and Typology
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Brooches
- 7.3 Other items of personal adornment
- 7.4 'Household objects'
- 7.5 Military fittings
- 7.6 Conclusions
- 8 Chronological Variations in Roman Alloys
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Caley's 'zinc decline'
- 8.2 The 'zinc decline' re-examined
- 8.3 Chronological changes in alloying
- 8.4 Summary
- 9. Cultural Variations in Alloys Used in the Roman Period
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 The Early Use of Brass in Europe
- 9.3 Brass as an 'index of Romanisation'
- 9.4 Structured deposition and copper alloys
- 9.5 The problems of inter-site comparisons
- 9.6 Summary
- 10 Conclusions
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Summary of the findings
- 10.3 The Cementation process and the
Production of Brass
- 10.4 Historical and Archaeological Time
- 10.5 Cultural Change
- 10.6 Future Research
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