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Hi -
On the subject of slag -
Has anyone on this list had expierence with trying to differantiate between
slag, matte, speise and cottrell participatates on the ground at
turn-of-the- century copper or lead mining sites?
Does anyone know which texts on slag were being referred to here or can
anyone send me an example of how slag analysis program has been handled and
by whom?
Carl Barna
Regional Historian, BLM
Ned Heite
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Adrian Praetzellis wrote:
I'm totally in agreement with JHB concerning
slag and clinker (nice to know
there's another clinker fetishist
out there), but industrially made bottles
are a different kettle of fish.
They are essentially identical and take up
a lot of room in a box.
Here's another total agreement with Jamie on the subject of slag and
clinker. Slag in particular is an incredibly valuable resource, but it can
be quite variable within a site. Any sampling of slags and clinkers must be
accomplished with due regard for the archaeometallurgy. There are plenty of
written guides to slag study, and it would be unconscionable for anyone to
dig any metal-related site without a slag-analysis program.
But I must disagree with Adrian on the subject of industrial products. This
has all the characteristics of yet another offhand dismissal. Collectors
know that industrially-produced artifacts are subject to variations. Just
ask any dealer in "collectible" model trains, beer bottles, or other
trinkets.
Some of our most sensitive artifact types might be mass-produced objects,
like bottles. I'm familiar with a local mineral-water bottler who bought a
half-dozen different bottles, which could consitute an important local
dating key.
And don't get me started about tin cans!
Ned Heite ([log in to unmask])
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