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Prehistoric Gold in Europe

Mines, Metallurgy and Manufacture

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Giulio Morteani

    1. Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mineralogie und Geochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany

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  2. Jeremy P. Northover

    1. Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series E: (NSSE, volume 280)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Chronology and Climatic Changes in Prehistory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Notes on a General Chronological Scheme for Europe

      • R. Gebhard
      Pages 3-5

    3. Outline of Climatic and Environmental Changes in Southern Central Europe over the Past 20,000 Years

      • J. Müller
      Pages 7-15

  4. Sources of Precious Metals in Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Mineral Economics, Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Structure of Gold Deposits: An Overview

      • G. Morteani
      Pages 97-113

    3. The Gold Deposits of Europe

      • G. Lehrberger
      Pages 115-144

    4. Accumulation of Gold by Electrochemical Processes

      • P. Möller
      Pages 145-157

    5. Ore Mining in Prehistoric Europe: An Overview

      • G. Weisgerber, E. Pernicka
      Pages 159-182

    6. Gold Deposits and the Archaeological Distribution of Gold Artefacts

      • F. Müller
      Pages 183-198

    7. Gold in the ALPS: A View from the South

      • P. Piana Agostinetti, G. Bergonzi, M. Cattin, M. Del Soldato, F. M. Gambari, M. Tizzoni
      Pages 199-218

    8. Celtic Gold Mines in West Central Gaul

      • B. Cauuet
      Pages 219-240

  5. Gold Metallurgy, Alloying and Chemical Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241
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About this book

Interest in the study of early European cultures is growing. These cultures have left us objects made of gold, other metals and ceramics. The advent of metal detectors, coupled with improved analytical techniques, has increased the number of findings of such objects enormously. Gold was used for economic and ceremonial purposes and thus the gold objects are an important key to our understanding of the social and political structures, as well as the technological achievements, of Bronze and Iron Age European societies.
A correct interpretation of the information provided by gold and other metal objects requires the cooperation of experts in the fields of social, materials and natural science. Detailed investigation of gold deposits in Europe have revealed the composition and genesis of the deposits as sources of the metal.
In Prehistoric Gold in Europe, a group of leading European geoscientists, metallurgists and archaeologists discuss the techniques of gold mining and metallurgy, the socioeconomic importance of gold as coinage and a symbol of wealth and status, and as an indicator of religious habits, as well as a mirror of trade and cultural relations mirrored by the distribution and types of gold objects in prehistoric times.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mineralogie und Geochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany

    Giulio Morteani

  • Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Jeremy P. Northover

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Prehistoric Gold in Europe

  • Book Subtitle: Mines, Metallurgy and Manufacture

  • Editors: Giulio Morteani, Jeremy P. Northover

  • Series Title: NATO Science Series E:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1292-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3255-8Published: 30 November 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4500-3Published: 07 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-1292-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0168-132X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 618

  • Topics: Metallic Materials, Archaeology, Geochemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Mineralogy

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