Classical Studies 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Noricum, Roman Britain, Plate Armour
27 Jan 2014
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Proper bronze and iron places of interest for us anatolia (place of metal working/making) this is where iron working starts (along with bronze and copper working) also southern austria. Iron ores some are polished other aren"t and there are different impressions. There is meteoric iron (the idea that iron comes from meteors) Carbonates and oxides when iron carbonates are heated they turn into oxides (chemical process is separate then) Meteoric iron, in some areas of world this was the only source of iron for a very long time . Sumerians called it heavenly metal it was something the gods sent us from the sky in many places during the metal age it had equal value to gold. People in americas and inuit"s, this was the only source of iron for them until contact with. In the middle east we have meteoric iron beads strung together with gold beads (this shows their equal value)
