Some other very useful studies on iron bloomeries and slag are the following:
 
Egleston, Thomas
        1879-80 The American Bloomary Process for Making Iron Direct from the
                Ore.  Transactions of the American Institute of Mining
                Engineers, vol. VIII: 515-550.
 
Allen, Ross F. et al.
        1990    An Archaeological Survey of Bloomery Forges in the Adirondacks.
                Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology 16(1): 3-18.
 
Gordon, Robert B. and David J. Killick
        1992    The Metallurgy of the American Bloomery Process.
                Archeomaterials 6(2): 141-167
 
        1993    Adaptation of Technology to Culture and Environment:
                Bloomery Iron Smeltingin America and Africa.
                Technology and Culture 34(2): 243-270.
 
Rolando, Victor
        1992    200 Years of Soot and Sweat: the History and ARcheology of
                Vermont's Iron, Charcoal, and Lime Industries.  Burlington:
                Vermont Archaeological Society.
 
Gordon Pollard
Anthropology Dept.
SUNY College
Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12901
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