This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather
than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and …

Archaeometallurgy is one of the earliest manifestations of archaeometric research, using
science‐based approaches to address cultural–historical questions. This review first …

The first steps in the production of a metal object are to extract the ore from the mine,
process the ore for smelting, and then eventually smelt the ore into metal. As fundamental as …

The Keweenaw Peninsula native copper district of Michigan, USA is the largest
concentration of native copper in the world. The copper isotopic composition of native …

Abstract North America's Old Copper Complex (4000-1000 BC) is a unique event in
archaeologists' global understanding of prehistoric metallurgic evolution. For millennia …

The creative ways in which native North American peoples of the Eastern Woodlands
utilized copper throughout prehistory present provocative contrasts to models of Old World …

This study discusses the relevance of compositions obtained using laser ablation–
inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS) for the purpose of identifying …

Long-distance exchange of copper objects during the Archaic Period (ca. 8000–3000 cal
BP) is a bellwether of emergent social complexity in the Eastern Woodlands. Originating …

Abstract In prehistoric North America, artifacts of copper occupy a position of prominence in
the Hopewell societies of Ohio's Scioto Valley. These artifacts also represent the social …

Abstract In North America, it is critical for archaeologists to differentiate between American
native copper and European smelted copper. Indeed, native copper, a rather pure metal …