ANCIENT INQUIRY
AT-1602

Archaeometallurgy: The Study of Preindustrial Mining and Metallurgy

DOI · Academic research

verifiedRetraction / correction review1 usage record

Source record

This is one canonical bibliographic record with topic-scoped research-use entries. It does not reproduce the paper, book, text, dataset, image, or manuscript and does not imply that full text was reviewed.
Canonical source ID
AT-1602
Accepted usage IDs
AT-1602
Types
DOI
Roles
Academic research
Verification
verified
Archive state
unavailable-through-registered-public-or-tdm-routes
Access
unavailable-through-registered-public-or-tdm-routes
Rights
not identified; not cleared
Public reproduction
Not cleared; citation and link only.
Correction / retraction
no retraction flag in checked Crossref/OpenAlex metadata

Recorded research uses

AT-1602

Origin of Metallurgy

Why Ancient Inquiry uses this citation here

Killick and Fenn's methodological review of artifacts, ores, mines, slag, technical reconstruction and provenance; establishes what archaeological evidence can and cannot demonstrate about production.

What this usage does not establish

Bibliographic verification does not by itself establish that the full text was read.
Open topic

Topics citing it and claims using it

Topic citing this source

Origin of Metallurgy

Open topic
Supporting citation for public claim

The catalog distinguishes native-copper working, extractive copper metallurgy, and tin-bearing alloys; it does not establish one universal technical sequence.

Answer / theory: Native copper, gold, silver, and meteoritic iron were accessible before smelting. Copper is central because it can be hammered, annealed, smelted, and alloyed. Evidence level: Strong Evidence for early native metal use, mixed for any single first object.
Open claim topic
Supporting citation for public claim

Archaeometallurgy reconstructs preindustrial production from artifacts, ores, mines, slag, furnaces, and technical evidence without requiring lost technology.

Answer / theory: Yes. Charcoal, controlled airflow, crucibles, furnaces, and kiln knowledge can produce the needed conditions. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.
Open claim topic
Limiting / critical citation for public claim

The listed archaeometallurgical evidence does not support metallurgy as a sudden gift from a lost advanced civilization or non-human teachers.

The evidence does not automatically support broader causal, technological, transmission, or literalizing claims beyond the cited record.
Open claim topic
Limiting / critical citation for public claim

Early Great Lakes native-copper working was distinct from ore smelting, but the catalog does not verify one universal sequence for copper, gold, silver, and meteoritic iron.

The evidence does not automatically support broader causal, technological, transmission, or literalizing claims beyond the cited record.
Open claim topic
Limiting / critical citation for public claim

The listed archaeometallurgical sources provide no evidence that non-human teachers introduced metallurgy.

The evidence does not automatically support broader causal, technological, transmission, or literalizing claims beyond the cited record.
Open claim topic

Access and actions

Archaeometallurgy: The Study of Preindustrial Mining and Metallurgy

Open original

Search Ancient Inquiry

Open complete search

Visual theme

Theme intensity changes decoration only. Evidence and relationship semantics never change.

Prepare an issue report

This static site cannot transmit a correction by itself. It prepares a complete report with page and build provenance for the published corrections channel.

Open corrections instructions