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Bronze Age Copper Mining in Britain and Ireland
The knowledge of metallurgy, first developed in the Near East, spread to most parts of Europe by 2000 BC. The birth of this new technology coincided with a pivotal moment in the human story, a time of great social and economic change which we call the bronze age. Flourishing metal industries emerged in Britain and Ireland, the success of which owed much to the ability to secure reliable supplies of copper and tin. Recent research has uncovered several locations where bronze age copper mines have survived the destructive reworking of recent centuries. This book examines the distribution of these sites and their geological background. All aspects of early mining technology are covered, from th...
Prehistoric Copper Mining in Michigan
Isle Royale and the counties that line the northwest coast of Michigan's Upper Peninsula are called Copper Country because of the rich deposits of native copper there. In the nineteenth century, explorers and miners discovered evidence of prehistoric copper mining in this region. They used those "ancient diggings" as a guide to establishing their own, much larger mines, and in the process, destroyed the archaeological record left by the prehistoric miners. Using mining reports, newspaper accounts, personal letters, and other sources, this book reconstructs what these nineteenth-century discoverers found, how they interpreted the material remains of prehistoric activity, and what they did wit...
Mining for Ancient Copper
A collection of new studies dedicated to Professor Beno Rothenberg, focused on copper in antiquity in the Near East, the eastern Mediterranean, and the British Isles.
Mines and Miners of Cornwall and Devon
The eminent historian and author of The Rise of King Cotton uncovers the centuries-old story of tin mining in Southern England. Tin mining has existed in Cornwall and parts of Devon since before the Romans arrived in Britain. In this book, historian Anthony Burton explores the region’s tin mining industry from its earliest period through to the present day. A specialist in the history of technology, Burton examines the evolution of extraction methods from primitive pick and shovel operations to the later use of explosives, the rise of steam power, and beyond. Burton also looks at the changing politics and economics of the tin mining industry over the centuries.
Coniston Copper Mines
A guidebook to exploring the mines and relics of the copper mining industry above Coniston, at Tilberthwaite, Greenburn and Seathwaite Tarn above the Duddon valley, at the heart of the English Lake District in Cumbria.
Cornwall, Its Mines and Miners
Published in the year 1968, Cornwall, Its Mines and Miners is a valuable contribution to the field of Economics.
