Metallurgical remains from regional surveys of “non-industrial” landscapes: The case of the Kythera Island Project

Preliminary Results of the Yodhawewa Archaeological Research in Sri Lanka - 2018: Exploration, Excavations, Findings, and Radiocarbon Datings

“…Typical tap slags with their unique visual appearance are the best indicators for identifying the iron smelting locations (Eliyahu-Behar et al, 2013). The tap slags are recognized from the ropey texture on their upper surfaces, indicating they cooled from molten, flowing slag, most probably out of the furnace (Georgakopoulou, 2014). The oxidization process can be noticed on some slag surfaces (Fig.…”

Characterizing the rural landscape during the Iron Age and Roman period (ca. 1200b.c.–a.d.400): An intensive survey of Wadi al-Feidh, southern Jordan

“…Surveys in Mesoamerica (Balkansky 2006;Balkansky et al 2000;Feinman et al 1985;Ford and Fedick 1992;Healy et al 2007;Killion et al 1989), South America (Drennan et al 1991;McAndrews et al 1997;Wilson 2009), the northern Mediterranean (Ammerman et al 2013;Bevan and Conolly 2002;Bintliff 1997;Given et al 1999), the Near East (Ur and Hammer 2009;Wilkinson 2000;Wilkinson et al 2007), and east Asia (Drennan 2010;Linduff et al 2002;Underhill et al 1998) have made significant contributions to our understanding of changing patterns of settlement and land use, particularly with relation to changing political, socioeconomic, and environmental conditions. These projects have also been successful in delineating the relationships between urban centers and their hinterlands, and recent research has continued to expand our understanding of peripheral areas through the study of non-sedentary pastoralism (Frachetti and Mar'yashev 2007;Rosen 1987a;Ur and Hammer 2009), local adaptation to ecological niches (Bevan and Conolly 2009;Ford and Fedick 1992), small-scale metallurgical production (Ben-Yosef et al 2010;Georgakopoulou 2014), and movement across landscapes (Gibson 2007;Snead et al 2006). Remote areas, often with relatively difficult terrain, are increasingly being targeted as a result of this new research.…”