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NEAR Group is interested in the study of archaeological metals. It is our intention to initiate interaction with local academic programs and museum who are interested in the study of Archaeometallurgy and Archaeological Metals Conservation.
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The inagrual meeting of NEAR took place on June 17-18, 2002 at the Archaeometallurgy Laboratory at Lehigh University. The meeting was intended to be informal with group discussion on archaeological metals and their investigation. The meeting was designed to allow researchers who have an interest in archaeometallurgy and archaeological metals conservation a chance to briefly present their research and ask questions regarding the scientific investigation of their artifacts (about a 20-30 min talk). This was followed by a roundtable discussion concerning the questions that arose, and as a group, we offered suggestions for possible further investigation and research.
Some topics of discussion included;
We atook a trip to the Lock Ridge Iron Furnace and visited Mirco Photonics to see a demonstation of microCT scanning. Lunch was provided by Lehigh University.
The attendees included (links will take you to abstracts);
The schedule fo the day was as follows;
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Registration | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Welcome, Information, and Introduction | |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Mike Notis | Microradiography-an underused method |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Peter Northover | The formation of Cu3As films in Cu-As alloys |
| 11:15 - 11:45 | Brian Newbury | Non-destructive analysis of Astrolabes using Synchrotron Radiation |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Tom Chase | The Identification of Chinese Bronze Forgeries |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | LUNCH (Provided by Lehigh University) | |
| 13:30 - 14:00 | Kavan U. Ratnatunga | Metal Artifacts from the ancient kingdom of Ruhuna in south-East Sri Lanka |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Chris Thornton | Outstanding artifacts from the Yahya collection: Neolithic through Iron Age |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Caroline Walker | The View from Canada, Imported Trade Copper and Brass |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Aaron Shugar | Investigation of a collection of Pre-Columbian metal artifacts |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | COFFEE and TEA (Provided by Lehigh University) | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Claire Peachy | Conservation of metals from shipwreck sites |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Tim Sledz | Internal investigation of small archaeomaterials using Micro-CT |
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Tour of Laboratory (in Mat Sci dept) | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Continued discussion - prepare for dinner | |
| 19:00 - | Dinner at Brew Works in Bethlehem |
For more information about the Archaeometallurgy Lab, or N.E.A.R., please contact
either;
Prof. Michael R. Notis
Dr. Aaron N. Shugar
if you are having trouble contacting us try using this link
Archaeometallurgy Laboratory
Lehigh University
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
5 East Packer Ave.
Bethlehem, PA 18015
Tel: +610 758 4701
Fax: +610 758 3526
Web: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inarcmet
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This site was last updated on June 14th 2002