IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 1601: Medieval Metalworking: From Ore to Object
Thursday 14 July 2005, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Science, Technology and Art in the Middle Ages |
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Organiser: | Catherine Eagleton, Department of Coins & Medals, British Museum, London |
Moderator/Chair: | Steven A. Walton, Science, Technology & Society Program, Pennsylvania State University / Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 1601-a | The Technology and Economics of Iron Smelting in 14th-Century Northwest Wales (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Technology |
Paper 1601-b | Metals and Metalworking: Use and Manufacture in Medieval England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Technology |
Paper 1601-c | Medieval Approaches to the History of Metalwork (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Technology |
Abstract | This session will look at metalworking in the Middle Ages - how did medieval craftsmen smelt metal ores and turn them into metal objects? The three papers in this session will take archaeological and historical evidence as a starting point for discussion of metalworking in theory and practice. |