Author: David Sim
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752478591
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
The invasion of AD 43 began the Romans’ settlement of Britain. The Romans brought with them a level of expertise that raised iron production in Britain from small localised sites to an enormous industry. Rome thrived on war and iron was vital to the Roman military establishment as well as to the civil population.In this pioneering work, David Sim combines current ideas of iron-making in Roman times with experimental archaeology. The Roman Iron Industry in Britain stretches far beyond dry theory and metallurgy alone; it covers all the stages of this essential process, from prospecting to distribution, and describes the whole cycle of iron production.Photographs and line drawings illustrate the text well enough to allow keen readers to reproduce the artefacts for themselves. Fascinating to the general reader and all those with an interest in Roman history, this book is invaluable to students of archaeology and professional archaeologists alike. Dr David Sim is an archaeologist who has combined studies of the technology of the Roman Empire with his skills as a blacksmith.
Roman Iron Industry in Britain
Iron for the Eagles
Author: David Sim
Publisher: History Press Limited
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book stretched far beyond dry theory and metallurgy alone; it covers all stages of this essential process from prospecting to distribution and describes the whole cycle of iron production. Clear photographs and line drawings illustrate the text well enough to allow keen readers to reproduce the artefacts for themselves.
Publisher: History Press Limited
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book stretched far beyond dry theory and metallurgy alone; it covers all stages of this essential process from prospecting to distribution and describes the whole cycle of iron production. Clear photographs and line drawings illustrate the text well enough to allow keen readers to reproduce the artefacts for themselves.
Roman Iron Production in Britain
Author: Irene Schrüfer-Kolb
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Arguably, Britain's valuable and abundant supplies of iron were one of the principal attractions to its Roman invaders.
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Arguably, Britain's valuable and abundant supplies of iron were one of the principal attractions to its Roman invaders.
The Iron Industry of Roman Britain
The iron industry in Roman Britain (A.D. 43 - 400)
The iron industry in Roman Britain A.D. 43-400
Roman Iron Production in the East Midlands, England
Author: Irene Elisabeth Shruefer-Kolb
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
History of the British Iron and Steel Industry from C. 450 B.C. to A.D. 1775
Author: John Rudolph Theodore Schubert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Wealden Iron Industry
Author: Jeremy Hodgkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752445731
Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
For two periods of British history - the first part of the Roman occupation and the Tudor and early Stuart periods - the Weald of south-east England was the most productive iron-producing region in the country. Looking across the tranquil Wealden countryside, it is hard to identify anything that hints at its industrial past. Yet 400 years ago, nearly 100 furnaces and forges roared and hammered there, the smoke from charcoal-making curling up from the surrounding woods and the roads bustling with wagons laden with ore and iron sows. Many British naval campaigns, including the Spanish Armada, the wars against the Dutch and The Seven Years' War, relied on Wealden iron cannon; the pressures of conflict driving forward the development of iron-producing technology. For a time the economy of the whole area was dominated by the production of iron and its raw materials, providing employment, generating prosperity and shaping the landscape irrevocably. Drawing on a wealth of local evidence, this book explores the archaeology and history of an area whose iron industry was of international importance.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780752445731
Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
For two periods of British history - the first part of the Roman occupation and the Tudor and early Stuart periods - the Weald of south-east England was the most productive iron-producing region in the country. Looking across the tranquil Wealden countryside, it is hard to identify anything that hints at its industrial past. Yet 400 years ago, nearly 100 furnaces and forges roared and hammered there, the smoke from charcoal-making curling up from the surrounding woods and the roads bustling with wagons laden with ore and iron sows. Many British naval campaigns, including the Spanish Armada, the wars against the Dutch and The Seven Years' War, relied on Wealden iron cannon; the pressures of conflict driving forward the development of iron-producing technology. For a time the economy of the whole area was dominated by the production of iron and its raw materials, providing employment, generating prosperity and shaping the landscape irrevocably. Drawing on a wealth of local evidence, this book explores the archaeology and history of an area whose iron industry was of international importance.
Map of Roman Britain
Author: Great Britain. Ordnance Survey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description