1st Edition
Tin in Antiquity Its Mining and Trade Throughout the Ancient World with Particular Reference to Cornwall
By R.D. Penhallurick
Copyright 2009
271 Pages
by
Routledge
271 Pages
by
Routledge
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'Tin in Antiquity' is the first comprehensive history of the early metallurgy of tin, a mine of information on this rare, highly prized metal so vital to the developing civilization of the Bronze Age. The origins of tin have always been a mystery, but the author has unearthed archaeological evidence from all over the world to trace the tinfields used before the discovery of European deposits. He... Read more
Early bronze age necklace from Exloo, Holland, Note on dating; Introduction, Part 1: Africa and Asia 1 Tin in Africa 2 Tin in the Near East 3 Tin from 'Meluhha' 4 Tin in northern Russia and Siberia 5 Tin in China 6 Tin in south-west China and Vietnam 7 Tin in Korea and the Soviet Maritime Territory 8 Tin in Japan 9 Tin in south-east Asia Part 2: Europe (excluding south-west England) 10 Early copper mining in Europe 11 The advent of bronze in Europe 12 Tin in the Erzgebirge 13 Tin in the Mediterranean islands and Italy 14 Tin in France 15 Tin in Iberia 16 Tin in shipwrecks 17 Tin in Wales, Man, Cumbria and Scotland 18 Tin and gold in lreland: bonanza or borrasca? Part 3: Soutb-west England (Cornwall, Devon and the Isles of Scilly) 19. Tin in Devonshire, 20. Tin in the Isles of Scilly 20 The Phoenician Myth 22. The Mycanaeans and the tin trade 23. Massalia, Pytheas, Ictis and Belerion 24 Tin in Cornwall 25 Prehistoric finds from Cornish tin streams 26 Cornish tin ingots 27 Tin production in 'Dark Age' Cornwall
Biography
Penhallurick, R.D.
