ROMAN AND MEDIEVAL CRUCIBLE SHERDS FROM LONDON
Author(s): T Horsley
Fifty-five Roman and sixty-two medieval sherds, from various sites in London, were analysed qualitatively by X-ray fluorescence to identify the metals melted in the crucibles from which they came. It was shown for both periods that a wide range of copper alloys was being used, both leaded and unleaded. There was also evidence for silver-working in both periods, but far more extensively at two of the Roman sites.
- Report Number:
- 8/1997
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 9
- Keywords:
- Ceramic Clay, Fired Copper Alloy Silver Technology
