NATO Science Series E

Mines, Metallurgy and Manufacture

By: Giulio Morteani (Editor), Jeremy P. Northover (Editor)

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Hardcover | 30 November 1994 | Edition Number 280

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Interest in the study of early European cultures is growing. These cultures have left us objects made of gold, other metals and ceramics. The advent of metal detectors, coupled with improved analytical techniques, has increased the number of findings of such objects enormously. Gold was used for economic and ceremonial purposes and thus the gold objects are an important key to our understanding of the social and political structures, as well as the technological achievements, of Bronze and Iron Age European societies.
A correct interpretation of the information provided by gold and other metal objects requires the cooperation of experts in the fields of social, materials and natural science. Detailed investigation of gold deposits in Europe have revealed the composition and genesis of the deposits as sources of the metal.
In Prehistoric Gold in Europe, a group of leading European geoscientists, metallurgists and archaeologists discuss the techniques of gold mining and metallurgy, the socioeconomic importance of gold as coinage and a symbol of wealth and status, and as an indicator of religious habits, as well as a mirror of trade and cultural relations mirrored by the distribution and types of gold objects in prehistoric times.

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Preface
The participants of the NATO-ARW meeting
Notes on a general chronological scheme for Europe	p. 3
Outline of climatic and environmental changes in southern central Europe over the past 20,000 years	p. 7
Considerations on the real and the symbolic value of gold	p. 19
Gold and society in prehistoric Europe	p. 29
The monetary aspect of gold from prehistoric to modern times	p. 33
From gift to commodity: The changing meaning of precious metals in the later Prehistory of the Iberian Peninsula	p. 45
The rise and fall of gold metallurgy in the Copper Age of the Carpathian Basin: The background of the change	p. 65
Gold and silver during the 3rd Mill. cal. B.C.	p. 77
Mineral economics, mineralogy, geochemistry and structure of gold deposits: An overview	p. 97
The gold deposits of Europe: An overview of the possible metal sources for prehistoric gold objects	p. 115
Accumulation of gold by electrochemical processes	p. 145
Ore mining in prehistoric Europe: An overview	p. 159
Gold deposits and the archaeological distribution of gold artefacts: A case-study of the La Tene period in the Swiss Midlands	p. 183
Gold in the Alps: A view from the south	p. 199
Celtic gold mines in west central Gaul	p. 219
The metallurgy of gold and silver in prehistoric times	p. 243
Industry in Celtic oppida - aspects of high temperature processes	p. 261
Coin moulds and other ceramic material: A key to Celtic precious metal working	p. 273
Gold analysis: From fire assay to spectroscopy - a review	p. 303
On non-destructive analysis of gold objects	p. 317
Some experiences with the analysis of gold-objects	p. 329
A look into the interior of Celtic gold coins	p. 341
Electrochemical corrosion of natural gold alloys	p. 357
The composition of gold from the ancient mining district of Verespatak/Rosia Montana, Romania	p. 369
Technical aspects of prehistoric gold objects on the basis of material analyses	p. 385
Rotary motion - lathe and drill. Some new technological aspects concerning Late Bronze Age goldwork from southwestern Europe	p. 399
The appearance of black patinated copper-gold alloys in the Mediterranean area in the Second Millenium B.C. - Material characterization and problem of origin	p. 425
Sintering, welding, brazing and soldering as bonding techniques in Etruscan and Celtic goldsmithing	p. 435
Gold wire techniques of Europe and the Mediterranean around 300 B.C.	p. 453
The gold from Arrabalde	p. 471
Celtic goldwork in the Iberian Peninsula	p. 491
Gold in Early Bronze Age graves from Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein	p. 503
Bronze Age gold in Britain	p. 515
The ceremonial jewellery from the Regolini-Galassi tomb in Cerveteri. Some ideas concerning the workshop	p. 533
La Tene gold and silver in Italy: A review of the archaeological evidence	p. 561
Celtic gold in Bohemia	p. 577
New Aspects on Celtic coin hoards in southern Germany	p. 597
Index	p. 609
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