HMS Day Meeting: 19th-century Ferrous Metallurgy, 18th April 2008

Venue
The spring day meeting of the Historical Metallurgy Society will be held at the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield.

Organiser
The Day Meeting is being organised by Anna Badcock, ARCUS, Westcourt, 2 Mappin St, Sheffield S1 4DT. Tel: 0114 2222957
Email: a.badcock@sheffield.ac.uk.

Information
The spring workshop provides a forum to discuss recent and ongoing investigations into all aspects of archaeometallurgy. This year, the theme is 19th-century ironmaking. The development of coke blast furnaces into the early 19th century is quite well understood, but what about the archaeology and archaeometallurgy of hot blast, and particularly the massive 19th century development of the forge and foundry sectors - how do we best approach excavation and analysis on these sites? And how do we understand the often 'difficult' evidence that we uncover? 20-minute papers will be presented, with plenty of time for general discussion about current approaches, new discoveries, scientific techniques, and archaeological fieldwork. The workshop is open to all, and we hope that most of those actively involved in the subject will take part.

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Programme

Rod Mackenzie ARCUS
Time for a new paradigm - excavating large-scale metalworking sites

Paul Belford Ironbridge
Er... I wonder what all these brick flues are for? (and other questions)

Dan Atkinson Headland
The Govan Ironworks at Dixon's Blazes, Glasgow

Martin Stockwell YAT (to be confirmed)
Excavations at Saville St, Sheffield

Effie Photos-Jones
Excavations at Monklands, Lanarkshire

Helen Gomersall WYAAS
Whose idea was this, exactly? - Development Control Decisions and Iron-working sites

Chris Ball
Hawley Collection Beware of the pitfall! Some issues with historical & documentary sources

David Cranstone
Govan, Maesteg, Swalwell - different sites, same problems?