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Apologies for cross-posting (and the short notice). The Historical Metallurgy Society <http://hist-met.org/index.html> and the University of Bradford are please to announce a day meeting on "Changing technology in medieval and post-medieval metalworking". This will be held on the 10th November 2007 at the Department of Archaeology, University of Bradford (United Kingdom). The aim of the meeting is to discuss the evidence for the evolving metalworking technologies of the medieval and post-medieval periods (AD450-1650), with particular focus on iron technology. The meeting fee is £10, and the programme will be as follows. 10:00 Registration Coffee/Tea 10:45 Gerry McDonnell Welcome Chair David Cranstone 11:00 Gerry McDonnell Chronology and technology of monastic and post-monastic iron working at Rievaulx/Bilsdale, North Yorkshire 11:30 Sam Rubinson Iron technology in 5th-11th century Britain 12:00 Allan Daoust The nature of blacksmithing residues and their relation to weld-line slag inclusions 12:30 Buffet Lunch: Research posters on display and optional tour of the department labs Chair Sam Rubinson 14:00 David Starley Saxon Weapons: Grave Misconceptions (TBC) 14:30 Geoff Egan An Attention Span Problem for a 16th-Century Ironsmith? Some Half-Finished Wares Excavated in South London (TBC) 15:00 David Dungworth Beyond materiality: an exploration of some theoretical perspectives on blacksmithing 15:30 Coffee/Tea Chair Gerry McDonnell 16:00 Justine Bayley Innovations in late medieval technology 16:30 Peter Claughton & Janis Heward Technological change in lead smelting: the ore hearth 17:00 Meeting Summary 17:10 Adjourn to a local pub for real ale followed by Bradford Curry for those interested A programme and a registration form can be downloaded from the Historical Metallurgy website (http://hist-met.org/bradford2007.html). For further details contact the organiser (Eleanor Blakelock, [log in to unmask]). I hope that those interested will be able to attend David Dungworth _________________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of English Heritage unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system and notify the sender immediately. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it. Any information sent to English Heritage may become publicly available.