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experimental archaeology

 

 

experimental reconstruction

 

 

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Crafts

Documentary record search

more comparative studies

 

 

artefactual evidence

 

 

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

comparing excavated sites