Classical Studies 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Knossos, Mortise And Tenon, Bow Drill
27 Jan 2014
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Granulation, tiny small beads of gold that are attached to something. King tut may have died in a chariot race (based on bruising on his body, looks like wheel marks). Killed in battle or knocked off his chariot in a race. Around 5000 years old- origins in sumer, and used by etruscans. For granulation you heat very high until the metals melt together. To make the granules you snip small pieces of gold wire until you make poppy seed like granules. To attach granules to objects, you adhere it to an object made of gold, you heat them ferociously in fire and then they will attach to each other. Deplition gilding making surface made of gold that isn"t really gold (used in mezo america and. Theirs was low karat gold because it was a mixture of different metals. Essentially, depletion gilding produces a high-purity gold surface by removing everything that is not gold.
