Lectures: 1. and 2. (Bartelheim) Raw materials and their basic characteristics (gold, silver, and electron, copper, bronze and brass, iron, and other metals), mining and raw material extraction. Metal gaining - techniques of ore prospection, types and location of bearings, mining techniques, examples of prehistoric mines (the Alps, the Carpathians, Central Mountain, Aegean Region, Neer Orient), ore mining(copper, tin, gold, silver, iron). Economic and social aspects of the use of metals - production and distribution, the importance of metallurgy in prehistoric economy and society, the ecological consequences of ore mining, cultural history of mining and blacksmithing. 2. and 3. (Bartelheim) Basics of archeometalurgy, foundry , metallurgy, major major smitthing and jewelery techniques; archaeological evidence of processing of metal artifacts; archeometalografical exploration (RFA, INAA, AAS, LFK). Blacksmithing - production of metal, properties of various metals ( mainly in terms of hardness, processing, melting point and ability of casting), techniques of metallurgy, cases of prehistoric installation for the ore compaction (smelting furnaces, slag heaps , etc.) characteristic findings (stones, slags, etc.), cases of prehistoric occurence sites with evidence of metal production, characteristics of various montane regions. Processing of metals - techniques of metal processing, metal processing tools, context of occurence of prehistoric tools. Analytical techniques for metals (X-ray fluorescence, mass spectrometry, neutron activation, microscopy).
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Sklenář, K. ? Lutovský, M. a kol. (1992). Archeologický slovník 2. Kovové artefakty 1.. Praha.
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