Here are three dissertations on the history and prehistory of metallurgy
that may be of interest to members of this list:
Sarah Cowie (2008) Industrial Capitalism and the Company Town:
Structural Power, Biopower and Identity in Nineteenth-Century Fayette,
Michigan. University of Arizona (supervisor: David Killick).
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Noah Thomas (2008) Seventeenth-Century Metallurgy on the Spanish
Colonial Frontier: Transformations of Technology, Identity and Value.
University of Arizona (supervisor: David Killick).
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Christopher Papalas (2008) Bronze Age Metallurgy of the Eastern
Carpathian Basin: A Holistic Exploration. Arizona State University
(supervisor: Geoffrey Clark).
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Sarah Cowie's study examines a iron-smelting company town from the
perspective of sociological theory and historical archaeology, while
that of Noah Thomas brings archaeometallurgy, history and anthropology
to bear on the interactions of Spanish colonists and native Americans
around copper and lead smelting in New Mexico between 1600 and 1640.
Chris Papalas integrates archaeometallurgy, archaeology and
anthropological theory in an examination of the earliest smelting of
copper in eastern Hungary and western Romania.
Lastly, one about pyrotechnology, but not metallurgy, that will be of
interest to some on this list:
Khaled al-Bashaireh (2008) Chronology and Technological Styles of
Nabataean and Roman Plasters at Petra (Jordan). University of Arizona
(supervisors: David Killick and Greg Hodgins).
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This dissertation developed new methods (stepped dissolution and dating
of multiple fractions) for radiocarbon dating of lime plasters, and
applied petrography, cathodoluminescence, scanning electron microscopy
and x-ray diffraction to examine technological changes in lime and
gypsum plaster production at Petra. These resultst provide an
independent means of dating construction (or reconstruction) of
structures at Petra, and will help conservators to use appropriate
materials for repair and restoration.
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