The Social Context of Technology: Non-Ferrous Metalworking in Later Prehistoric Britain and Ireland

by Joanna Bruck, Leo Webley, Sophia Adams, et al.

The Social Context of Technology explores non-ferrous metalworking in Britain and Ireland during the Bronze and Iron Ages (c. 2500 BC to 1st century AD). Bronze-working dominates the evidence, though the crafting of other non-ferrous metals - including gold, silver, tin and lead - is also considered. Metalwork has long played a central role in accounts of European later prehistory. Metals were important for making functional tools, and elaborate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789251761
• ISBN13: 9781789251760
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.6" x 10.9"