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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). Contact: [log in to unmask] Noah Thomas (2008) Seventeenth-Century Metallurgy on the Spanish Colonial Frontier: Transformations of Technology, Identity and Value. University of Arizona (supervisor: David Killick). Contact : [log in to unmask] Christopher Papalas (2008) Bronze Age Metallurgy of the Eastern Carpathian Basin: A Holistic Exploration. Arizona State University (supervisor: Geoffrey Clark). Contact: [log in to unmask] 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). Contact: [log in to unmask] 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.