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Date: | Tue, 28 Nov 2000 08:59:24 -0400 |
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I have to agree with Ned Heite. My primary area of interest, right now, is the
colonial iron industry. I have read most of the reports written on 17th, 18th
and early 19th century iron sites excavated in the US. I have yet to find one
that did any slag analysis. Many PIs didn't even collect slag. Many appear to
consider it the industrial equivalent of fire cracked rock. At least one major
university archaeological group classes it with clinker.
Slag, from bloomeries, fineries, foundries, and blast furnaces is site
specific. Which cannot be said of the iron artifacts found at a site. They are
often transported in because they were a raw material or because they were a
tool or fixture made off site. Slag also can reveal a great deal about the
operation of the furnace and its raw materials. Anyone interested in the kinds
of information that can be derived from slag should attend my paper at SHA.
Thanks
Jamie Brothers
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