The study of early and traditional metallurgy in India: a review of some recent publications
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Babu TM 1994. Tin in lndia (Bangalore).
Ball V 1881. A Manual of Geology in lndia, III - Economic Geology (Calcutta).
Bronson B 1986. 'The making and selling of Wootz, a crucible steel of India', Archaeomaterials 1, 13-51.
Census 1964. Census of India 1961: Survey of Traditional Crafts, Book 1, Indigenous Smelting of Iron (New Delhi).
Clough R 1985. 'The iron industry in the lron Age and Romano-British period', in P T Craddock and M J Hughes (ed), Furnaces and Smelting Technology in Antiquity (London), 179-87.
Craddock PT 1995. Early Mining and Meta! Production (Edinburgh).
Craddock P T 1996. 'The Use of Firesetting in the Granite Quarries of South lndia', Mining History 13(1), 7-11.
Juleff G 1996. 'An ancient wind-powered iron smelting technology', Nature 6560, 60-2.
Krishnan MS 1953. 'Iron ore, iron and steel', Bulletin of the Geological Survey of lndia, Series A: Economic Geology 8, 1-226, esp 63-85.
McCrindle J W 1896. The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Curtius Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin (London).
Mackay EH 1938. Further Excavations at Mohenjodaro (Delhi).
Marshall J H 1931. Mohenjodaro and the Indus Civilisation (London).
Marshall J H 1951. Taxila (Cambridge).
Neogi P 1914. /ron in Ancient lndia (Calcutta).
Neogi P 1917. Copper in Ancient lndia (Patna).
Peissel M 1984. The Ant Gold (London).
Prakash S and Rawat N S 1965. Chemical Study of some Indian Archaeological Antiquities (Bombay).
Rao SR 1979 and 1985. Lothal: a Harappan port town 1955-62 (New Delhi).
Sambasiva Iyer V S 1900-01. 'Notes on the economic mineral products of the Chitaldrug and Shimoga districts', Records of the Mysore Geological Survey 3, 240-6.
Straczkk J A and Srikantan B 1967. 'The geology of the Zawar zinc lead area, Rajasthan, lndia', Memoir of the Geological Survey of lndia 92 (New Delhi).
Vats MS 1940. Excavations at Harappa (New Delhi).
Willies L 1987. 'Ancient zinc-lead silver mining in Rajasthan, India', Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd 10(2), 81-124.
Willies L 1992. 'Ancient and post-medieval mining sites in the Khetri copper belt and the Kolar gold field, lndia', Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd 11(6), 285-95.
Yule P 1989. 'The Copper Hoards of the Indian Subcontinent: Preliminaries for an Interpretation', Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum, Mainz 36, 193-275.
Ball V 1881. A Manual of Geology in lndia, III - Economic Geology (Calcutta).
Bronson B 1986. 'The making and selling of Wootz, a crucible steel of India', Archaeomaterials 1, 13-51.
Census 1964. Census of India 1961: Survey of Traditional Crafts, Book 1, Indigenous Smelting of Iron (New Delhi).
Clough R 1985. 'The iron industry in the lron Age and Romano-British period', in P T Craddock and M J Hughes (ed), Furnaces and Smelting Technology in Antiquity (London), 179-87.
Craddock PT 1995. Early Mining and Meta! Production (Edinburgh).
Craddock P T 1996. 'The Use of Firesetting in the Granite Quarries of South lndia', Mining History 13(1), 7-11.
Juleff G 1996. 'An ancient wind-powered iron smelting technology', Nature 6560, 60-2.
Krishnan MS 1953. 'Iron ore, iron and steel', Bulletin of the Geological Survey of lndia, Series A: Economic Geology 8, 1-226, esp 63-85.
McCrindle J W 1896. The Invasion of India by Alexander the Great as described by Arrian, Curtius Diodoros, Plutarch and Justin (London).
Mackay EH 1938. Further Excavations at Mohenjodaro (Delhi).
Marshall J H 1931. Mohenjodaro and the Indus Civilisation (London).
Marshall J H 1951. Taxila (Cambridge).
Neogi P 1914. /ron in Ancient lndia (Calcutta).
Neogi P 1917. Copper in Ancient lndia (Patna).
Peissel M 1984. The Ant Gold (London).
Prakash S and Rawat N S 1965. Chemical Study of some Indian Archaeological Antiquities (Bombay).
Rao SR 1979 and 1985. Lothal: a Harappan port town 1955-62 (New Delhi).
Sambasiva Iyer V S 1900-01. 'Notes on the economic mineral products of the Chitaldrug and Shimoga districts', Records of the Mysore Geological Survey 3, 240-6.
Straczkk J A and Srikantan B 1967. 'The geology of the Zawar zinc lead area, Rajasthan, lndia', Memoir of the Geological Survey of lndia 92 (New Delhi).
Vats MS 1940. Excavations at Harappa (New Delhi).
Willies L 1987. 'Ancient zinc-lead silver mining in Rajasthan, India', Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd 10(2), 81-124.
Willies L 1992. 'Ancient and post-medieval mining sites in the Khetri copper belt and the Kolar gold field, lndia', Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd 11(6), 285-95.
Yule P 1989. 'The Copper Hoards of the Indian Subcontinent: Preliminaries for an Interpretation', Jahrbuch des Römisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseum, Mainz 36, 193-275.
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Craddock, P. (2022). The study of early and traditional metallurgy in India: a review of some recent publications. Historical Metallurgy, 29(2), 117-120. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/438
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