This is a guide to the field identification and laboratory analysis of metallic slags found in archaeological sites.

Hans-Gert Bachmann

Introduction PART 1: Slags in GeneralIntroducing Slags, Field Indentification of Slags, Check List for Surveys of Archaeometallurgical Slags, Laboratory Identification of Slags, Formation of Metallurgical Slags, Chemical and Phase Composition of Slags, Slag Minerals, Secondary Minerals, Additional Slag Properties PART II: Catalogue of Selected Examples Non-metallurgical Slags, Copper Slag in Statu Nascendi, Copper Slags from Smelting Oxidic OresCopper Slags from Smelting Sulphidic Ores with Matte, etc.Copper Slags with Tin, Etc.Tin Slags, Lead Slags, Speiss, Iron Slags from Smelting and Smithing.