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Comparing excavated sites

experimental archaeology

 

 

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

more comparative studies

 

 

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Experimental reconstruction

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Recording artefacts in situ

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

& just digging

Documentary record search

Artefactual evidence

Crafts

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Conferences