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Softcover. Condition: As New. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 158. Small 8vo. Illustrated card covers. Replete with black-and-white photographs, illustrations. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Appears unread; as new.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 393 pp; figs. Original cloth, 4to. Papers by Muhly, Jessica Rawson, et al. Foreword by Cyril Stanley Smith. 'These thirty original essays form a landmark contribution to the history of metallurgy: together they present the first systematic survey of the beginning of the use of metals and alloys throughout the world. What distinguishes the book as a whole is the orientation of the writers toward seeing the objects they uncover in human-historical terms, reminding us that at all stages in history and in every part of the world, cultural change and advances in the use of metals are often closely intertwined. The articles are arranged in roughly chronological-geographical order; some are specific studies of sites, objects, and processes; others examine more general aspects of archaeometallurgy within a general field that has come to be called 'archaeometry'; and still others are interpretive and reflective essays on human history and cultural change (a particularly fine example of this approach is Heather Lechtman's essay on Central Andean metalworking). Archaeologists, historians, metallurgists, chemists, and geologists cover topics as diverse as iron trade in northern Scandinavia, the fabrication of gold foil in Japan, copper mining in eastern India, prehistoric metallurgy in Thailand, iron bloomery in Africa, early copper smelting in Palestine, and Chinese techniques for casting old belt plaques. And in his Foreword, Cyril Stanley Smith proposes structural metaphors that describe the historical reworkings of human society in terms of the transformations of materials.' (MIT Press Web site).

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. Serial Issue; No Printing Stated. 264 pages; light rubbing on the covers. Very minor foxing on the exterior edges of textblock. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings on text pages. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be carefully cushioned in bubble wrap and securely boxed. All orders ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy large octavo xiv + 393pp., b/w pls., text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, Papers from the Second International Conference on the beginning of the Use of metals and Alloys, Zhengzhou, China 21-26 October 1986. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.