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Experimental Archaeology

Just digging

Artefactual evidence

Etched sample of unworked bloomery iron (photomicrograph)

Outcrop of sideritic ore overhanging sandstone

Comparing excavated sites

Part of an early blast furnace (Araglin, Ireland)

Recording artefacts in situ

Conferences

Documentary record search

More comparative studies

Highly vesicular bloomery slag

Activity frequency mapping (iron works)

Contents of one box in the National Slag Collection

Open cast iron ore mining, Romano-British

Crafts

Experimental reconstruction