I'll forward this to colleagues in the Historic Metallurgy Society (HMS) Archaeology Committee and pass on any responses.
Meanwhile: the HMS website hosts their Research Framework on Archaeometallurgy:
http://hist-met.org/specpubs.html
this is a very large document (32MB) but can also be downloaded as smaller files consisting of individual chapters.
Although there are mentions of waste from different stages of industries such as the cutlery trade (where you would expect to find faunal and metalworking debris together), the references tend to relate to post-medieval industries.
other sources of references are English Heritage guidelines on metallurgy, and on Science for historic industries (including tanning)
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/archaeometallurgy/
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/publications/science-for-historic-industries/
best wishes
Sue Stallibrass
English Heritage Science Adviser for North West England
Hello Zooarchers
I’m working on an early iron age artisanal site in France where there are evidences of horn artisanal working. This craft seems to be grouped with metallurgists. These last ones could have employed horns as additive in the metal. My question is about the fragments of burnt horn cores discovered in the same pits. An actual horn craftsman said that horn cores produce a slow and continue heat during few weeks. So maybe the horn cores could have been used as “fuel” by metallurgists or other crafts.
Have you got some references (archaeologic and/or ethnographic) about this use of horn cores ?
Thank you very much
Marilyne
Marilyne Salin
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