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By R.D. Penhallurick
ISBN-10: 1191231321
ISBN-13: 9781191231329
ISBN-10: 1906540195
ISBN-13: 9781906540197
ISBN-10: 1907747788
ISBN-13: 9781907747786
Tin in Antiquity is the 1st accomplished historical past of the early metallurgy of tin, a mine of knowledge in this infrequent, hugely prized steel so important to the constructing civilization of the Bronze Age. The origins of tin have regularly been a secret, however the writer has unearthed archaeological facts from worldwide to track the tinfields used prior to the invention of eu deposits. he is taking us on a desirable voyage of discovery during the old global, delving into mythology, and enlivening his scholarly textual content with quotations from the Classics and funny anecdotes. As his identify indicates, Roger Penhallurick's roots are deep in Cornwall - previously the world's greatest tin manufacturer, and nonetheless the best in Europe. So it really is becoming that the Cornish part includes nearly part the booklet, for the 1st time accumulating jointly the entire proof for tin streaming among 2000 BC and advert a thousand. All surviving artifacts recovered from the tin workings are illustrated and installed their archaeological context. The ebook is lavishly illustrated all through, together with many infrequent outdated photographs, and has a whole bibliography of the wealth of assets that experience contributed to this paintings