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Prehistoric copper mining in Europe : 5500-500 BC /
This volume examines prehistoric copper mining in Europe, from the first use of the metal eight thousand years ago in the Balkans to its widespread adoption during the Bronze Age. The history of research is examined, as is the survival of this mining archaeology in different geological settings. The...
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Europe : the birthplace of mining?
- The geological environment
- The human environment
- A history of research
- The archaeology of prehistoric copper mines
- Prehistoric copper mines in Europe
- South-east Europe
- The first metallurgy in Europe
- Early copper mining in Serbia
- Early copper mining in Bulgaria
- Discussion
- Eastern and central Mediterranean
- Greece and the Aegean Islands
- Cyprus; island of copper
- Sardinia and Corsica
- Italy
- Iberia and the western Mediterranean
- South-west Spain
- Portugal
- South-east and central-east Spain
- Northern Spain
- Conclusions
- France and the western Alps
- Early copper mines in the Languedoc
- Other mines in southern France
- The French Alps
- Discussion
- Northern Europe
- Ireland
- Britain
- Scandinavia
- Central and eastern Europe
- The first metal workers
- The Austrian mines
- The German mountain ranges
- Slovakia
- Eurasia
- Technology and work practices
- The search for copper
- The approach to mining
- Methods of rock extraction
- The mining environment
- The treatment of copper ore
- Ore to metal
- Ancillary activities
- Conclusions
- Mining, community, and environment
- Mining as community
- Mining as belief
- Mining and settlement
- Mining and the environment
- Mining, economy, and society
- A mining economy
- Copper resources and social power
- Boom to bust.