Ancient Metallurgy Research Group: University of Bradford Conducts research on ancient and historical metallurgy including mining, primary metal production, artifact manufacturing, and slag and residue studies. Laboratory facilities, courses, and faculty profiles.
Forum on Teaching Archaeometry Informal articles on teaching strategies, curriculum reform, and training issues, along with responses to these entries, will be posted here.
Materials Science-Based Archaeology Group Oxford University research group studying all aspects of the metallurgical process, from smelting to metal finishing, and from the first use of alloys in the 5th/4th millennia BC to the Industrial Revolution.
Midcontinental Archaeometry Working Group Archaeometry research group specializing in geoarchaeology, sourcing, and paleodietary and paleoclimatic studies of archaeological materials from sites in the mid-continental United States.
A Partnership: Archaeology and Archaeometry This paper by George Rip Rapp addresses the partnership between archaeology on one hand and archaeometry (or archaeological science) on the other. The author considers all natural science applications as archaeometry.
Scientific Heritage Journal International archaeometry journal. Submission guidelines, contents, and discussion forum.
Society for Archaeological Sciences Professional society of scholars applying methods from the physical sciences to archaeology. Links to many archaeometry sources, society officers and publications, and a related mailing list.
Teaching Archaeometry Resources for the teaching of archaeometry and archaeological science including course syllabi, a forum on related issues, and related links.
Archives of ARCH-METALS Mailing list for the discussion of all aspects of archaeo-metallurgy including ancient metallurgy and metal artifacts, the applications of material science to archaeo- metallurgy, and the development of methodologies to the study archaeo- metallurical debris.
