Hello,
I guess that such a title would be common in this line of work, sorry for any
confusion.
"The Beginnings of Metallurgy" -- Proceedings of the International Conference,
Bochum 1995
ISBN 3-921533 Deutchen Bergbau-Museum Bochum Beiheft 9
If not for Thilo I would not have found this book and I thank him very much.
Richard Furrer
Michael Notis wrote:
> Hi! Could you be a little more precise as far as the publication
> information? I am familiar with a number of books that have the
> approximate title that you mention but not the exact title. Can you
> identify the publisher and year, and the title of the paper by Shalev
> and the pages?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Notis
> Lehigh University
> Bethlehem,PA 18015 USA
>
> >Well,
> >Thilo Rehren was kind enough to arrange purchase of the book "The
> >beginnings of
> >Metallurgy" and in it was the paper by Dr. Shalev on the Nahal Mishmar hoard
> >find. I'm no archeologist and actually have very little advanced
> >schooling, but
> >was curios as to the casting techniques and finish work after the casting.
> >
> >The castings pictured in the paper seemed a bit rough and it reads like a
> >mixture of dung, grog and clay was used to coat the wax model. I
> >have done some
> >"native" casting and I found it much better to use a fine clay mix. The finer
> >the clay slurry the better the transfer of detail and it would seem to me that
> >the ancients would have known this. A dip in the slurry seems to pick up more
> >detail then brushing it on. I have not seen any original casting molds and do
> >not know if the slurry layer immediately surrounding the wax (or whatever the
> >positive would have been) would survive the passage of time or what
> >tests would
> >show composition.
> >
> >Also I was wondering if the casting was cleaned with abrasives (grit in an
> >oiled cloth) or files or scrapped clean of casting residue.
> >My last question involved burnishing of the surface -- i.e. was abrasive used
> >to bring out a bright finish or was the artifact planished and burnished?
> >
> >I have no idea how much can be known, how much was recorded or how much
> >reproduction knowledge has been accumulated. I do know that I am very pleased
> >that such experimental investigations are being done. Someday I would like to
> >take part in them.
> >
> >Richard Furrer
> >Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
> >USA
> >
> >Aaron Shugar wrote:
> >
> > > Richard,
> > >
> > > I would hope that I am not the only one that would also be interested in
> > > the questions you have about the re-casting of the Nahal Mishmar metal
> > > objects.
> > >
> > > would you mind posing your questions to the group?
> > >
> > > Aaron Shugar
> > > Institute of Archaeology
> > > University College London
> > > London, WC1H 0PY
> > >
> > > At 11:13 AM 4/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
> > > >Hello all,
> > > >I have just read Sariel Shalev's article on recasting the Nahal Mishmar
> > > hoard finds
> > > >and have a few questions. Is Sariel on the list or could someone aid me in
> > > more
> > > >personal communications?
> > > >
> > > >Richard Furrer
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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