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Metalworking at Hengistbury Head, Dorset and the Durotrigan Coinage: A Reinterpretation of an Iron Age and Roman Industrial Site

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Chris J. Salter  and
J. Peter Northover
Chris J. Salter
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OXFORD, OXI 3PH, United Kingdom
J. Peter Northover
Affiliation:
Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OXFORD, OXI 3PH, United Kingdom
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Abstract

The excavation of the metalworking areas of the late Iron Age and early Roman port of Hengistbury Head in southern England revealed evidence of a wide range of processes. These involved gold, silver and copper alloys and their connections with the local Iron Age coinage as well as the casting of bronze artefacts and ironworking. Since publication, in 1987 re-analysis of some material coupled with an extensive analysis of the associated coinage has led to a re-interpretation of the material. This paper presents the new perspective on the site as a metallurgical centre that has emerged as a result of our analyses.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 267: Symposium J – Materials Issues in Art and Archaeology III , 1992 , 651
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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