BUMA VIII

82 ABSTRACTS AS ON March 13, 2013

1.    Constantin Canavas (Germany), "Looking for antimony in the medieval Mediterranean"

2.    Jang-Sik Park (Korea), Vasant Shinde (India), "Comparative study on bronze technology of two Harappan sites at Farmana in Haryana and Kuntasi in Gujarat, India"

3.    Jang-Sik Park (Korea), Dmitriy Voyakin (Kazakhstan), "Microstructure, chemical composition and radiocarbon age of bronze-related objects from a Bronze Age settlement in Kazakhstan"

4.    Jang-Sik Park (Korea), Sukja Yang (Korea), "Evidence for bloomery smelting in ancient Korea and its implication"

5.    Takeshi Minami (Japan),Maya Kawano (Japan), Akinori Takeuchi (Japan), Kazuya Takahashi (Japan), Setsuo Imazu (Japan), "Is it possible to determine the sources of vermilion used in Japanese burial mounds of Yayoi and Kofun periods?"

6.    S. Jaikishan (India), "FORGE WELDED IRON CANNONS IN MEDIEVAL DECCAN FORTS"

7.    Mohammadamin Emami (Iran), "Iron production in Chahak south-central of Iran; An archaeometallurgical approach"

8.    Masayoshi AMATATSU (Japan), Yoshikazu SENOO (Japan), "TATARA: Ancient Japanese Iron-making: A Picture scroll of Iron-making technology by Tatara-furnace using sand-iron"

9.    Donna Strahan (USA), "Examining Casting Strategies for Two 6th Century BC Chinese Bronze Vessels in The Metropolitan Museum of Art"

10. YOSHIHIRO KUBO (Japan), KUNICHIKA KUBOTA (Japan), "Analysis of the two types of iron sand (Masa and Akome) used in traditional Japanese Tatara ironmaking processes: the role of titanium in pig iron (Zuku) production"

11. Eiji Izawa (Japan), Tetsuya Nakanishi (Japan), "Gold refining by cementation with salt at the Sado gold-silver mines in early seventeenth century Japan"

12. Yang Li (China), Chunxu Pan (China), Guantao Chen (China), "Corrosion Characters of Ancient Bronzes Stored in Museums in Hubei Province, China"

13. Chunxu Pan (China), Yang Li (China), Guantao Chen (China), "Fabrication of Thin-walled Bronze Vessels and A New Corrosion in Ancient Bronzes Unearthed in Hubei Province, China"

14. Alessandra Giumlia-Mair (Italy), "SHAKUDO, SENTOKU AND AKAGANE IN ROMAN EGYPT"

15. Toshio Kutsukake (Japan), "An exploration method for the ore deposits in the Edo Period, Japan: Sansō-Hiroku (A secret document on the appearance of mountains)"

16. Alan Williams (UK), "Japanese arms and armour and their differences from European contemporaries"

17. Thomas Oliver Pryce (France), "The prehistoric monetisation of (bits of) continental Southeast Asia, based upon data produced by the Southeast Asian Lead Isotope Project 2008-2013"

18. Siran Liu (UK), "Gold and Silver Production in the Imperial Period of China: A comparative study of three sites in southern China"

19. Hyunkyung Cho (Korea), Namchul Cho (Korea), Suchul Kim (Korea), Taecheon Rho (Korea), "Experimental Archaeological Study on Iron Sand Smelting in Korean Peninsula"

20. Prabhakar Upadhyay (India), "Recent Investigation on Iron Metallurgy in the Vindhya-Ganga Region, India"

21. Vibha Tripathi (India), "Recently Discovered Iron Working Site in Vindhya-Kaimur Region, India"

22. Kazuhisa YOSHIMURA (Japan), Toru OKAMOTO (Japan), Masayuki FUJIKAWA (JAPAN), Yoshifumi IKEDA (JAPAN), Tsutomu YAMADA (JAPAN), Hiroki MATSUDA (JAPAN), "Sulfide ore smelting at the Naganobori Copper-Mine site recorded on speleothems from the Oogiri No. 4 Mine on Akiyoshi-dai Plateau, Yamaguchi, Japan"

23. Eiji Yamasue (Japan), Kazuhiro Nagata (Japan), Tadahiro Inazumi (Japan), "Metallurgical Evaluation of Traditional Steelmaking in Finland"

24. Larreina Garcia D. (UK), Martinon-Torres M.(UK), Cheng K. (China), "Tang Dynasty copper production in Central China: Smelting techniques and technological features"

25. Wantana Klysubun (Thailand), Prapong Klysubun (Thailand), Nirawat Thammajak (Thailand), Panidtha Sombunchoo (Thailand), "Thailand synchrotron facility and its potential to support the archeological science"

26. P.P.Deshpande (India), "Chemical, Electrochemical and Metallographical Investigations of a ferrous object found at Mahurjhari, Vidarbha, Maharashtra, India"

27. Alessandra Giumlia-Mair (Italy), Yasunosuke Morimoto IV (Japan), Ken’ichi Ota (Japan), "Mercury gilding in today’s Japan"

28. Takekazu Nagae (Japan), Haruhisa Mifune (Japan), "XRF analysis of the seated Shaka Nyorai statue of Kaniman-ji at Kyoto"

29. Hiroshi Itaya (Japan), Takashi Watanabe (Japan), Miyuki Hayashi (Japan), Kazuhiro Nagata (Japan), "Phase diagram of FeO-TiO2-SiO2-5%Al2O3 slag (Phase diagram of smelting slag of titanium oxide bearing iron sand)"

30. Quanyu Wang (UK), Sascha Priewe, Susan La Niece, "A technical study of inlaid Eastern Zhou bronzes in the British Museum focussing on an unique figure of a leaping feline"

31. Yuko Tanaka (Japan) A study of the property of the bronze knives

32. Hideki Kuma (Japan), Hisao Fukuoka (Japan) and Makoto Hirose (Japan),Quantitative Analysis of Mining Tunnels using Remotely Controlled Robots

33. Jang-Sik Park,(Korea), Evidence for bloomery smelting in ancient Korea and its implication

34. Yoshiyuki Matsui,(Japan),Keiichi Terashima,(Japan),Reijiro Takahashi,,Analysis of scale-up on a shaft furnace by process engineering (from the iron-manufacturing experiment by using Bei-tetsu in Hippo Tatara)

35. Naoyo H. Sekihiro,(Japan), Mizuho Suzuki,(Japan), Preliminary Report of the Analysis of Iron Slug and Iron Ore at Meroe, Sudan

36. Takahiro Ozaki,(Japan),Ryo Usami,(Japan),,,"Gold and Silver Smelting Remains in Sado Gold and Silver Mine-Based on Archaeological Survey and Productive Chemical Analysis-"

37. Shinya Isogawa,(Japan),Casting sites of bronze bell and iron kettle in ancient and medieval Japan

38. Nils Anfinset (Norway), Dipesh Kharel,(Japan),Frode Storås(Norway), Vanishing technologies: revisiting copper mining and smelting in Nepal

39. Huang Quansheng (China),"Recent Investigation on Zinc Production in Southern China：Large-Scale Distilling Zinc at Huangjinzhen Site during the 18th Century"

40. Mizuho Suzuki,(Japan),Keiji Umezaki,(Japan),"The use of bajirome (ferrous speiss produced from lead smelting) for casting imitated Chinese coins at the Kurosaki Mint in the early seventeenth century"

41. Tomotaka Sasada (Japan),Amartuvshin Chunag (Mongolia), Iron Smelting of the Nomadic Empire "Xiongnu" in Ancient Mongolia

42. Susan La Niece (UK),Hiromi Uchida (UK), Alloys of Japanese metalwork

43. Anwer Rashed (Egypt), Mahmoud Anis (Egypt), TREATMENT AND CONSERVATION OF A GROUP OF ROMAN COINS

44. Ibrahim Abdel-Fattah Ibrahim (Egypt), CONSERVATION OF A HOLLOW CAST BRONZE IBIS STATUETTE FROM EL-MINYA STOREROOM (Case study)

45. David Edge (Hungary), Alan Williams (UK), A non-invasive method for the identification of hidden patterns on the blades of Indo-Persian Swords in the Wallace Collection, London

46. Miljana Radivojević (UK) ,Benjamin W. Roberts (UK),,,The Polychrome Beginnings of the Use of Metals and Alloys

47. Guillaume Sarah (France) Adrien Arles(France), Jürgen Heckes (France), Florian Téreygeol (France), 3D modeling and digital video recording in experimental archaeometallurgy: application to firesetting

48. Susan Ferrence (USA), Alessandra Giumlia-Mair (Italy), Bronze Age Metal Objects from East Crete, Greece

49. Cóilín Ó Dubhghaill (UK), Alan Hywel Jones (UK), The transfer of Irogane alloys to the West and their use by the sculptor Alfred Gilbert

50. Kazuo Miyamoto (Japan),Tetsuya Nakanishi,(Japan),Fei Tang,Weidong Cheng,The first discovery of the furnace for iron product in the beginning of Tufan states of Tibet at the Galazong site, Luhuo prefecture, Sichuan Province in China

51. Daisuke Mano (Japan), Takanori Iwahashi (Japan), , The evolution of mining methods at the World Heritage Site Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

52. Takanori Iwahashi (Japan), Yoshio Toya (Japan), Kenich Metsugi(Japan), , The Silver Production Process and its Characteristics at the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine World Heritage Site

53. Yoshiyuki Iizuka (Taiwan), Junko Uchida (Taiwan), Metallurgical study of bronze artifacts from Yinxu in the Academia Sinica collection

54. Haifeng Liu (China), Jianli Chen (China), Jingning Guo (China), Naitao Liu (China), An Exploratory Study of Furnace Materials in Ancient China: A case study of Shuiquangou Iron Smelting Site, Yanqing County, Beijing

55. Francesco Grazzi (Italy), Filomena. Salvemini (Italy), Elisa Barzagli (Italy), Antonella Scherillo (Italy, UK), Alan Williams (UK), Steven Peetermans (Switzerland), Vadim Davydov (Switzerland), Anna Maria Paradowska(UK), Francesco Civita(Italy), Riccardo Franci(Italy), Eberhard Lehmann(Switzerland), Marco Zoppi (Italy), "The manufacturing of (Japan),ese swords: A non destructive quantitative analysis of steel composition and microstructure through neutron diffraction and neutron imaging techniques

56. Enrico Cilibertoa (Italy), Alessandro Fiamingo(Italy), Ezio Viscusoa(Italy), Salvatore Garraffob (Italy), and Angelo Nicolosib (Italy), Plating techniques in Europe: from Greek suberates to Medieval gilded mosaics .

57. Enrico Ciliberto (Italy), Enrico Greco (Italy), , Use of XPS for characterization of Tin-rich and Lead-rich alloys of organs pipes in Mediterranean areas

58. Pranab K. Chattopadhyay (India), R. Dey (India), P. K. Datta (India), , Reconstruction of Ancient Iron Practice Prevalent in Eastern India

59. Min Luo (China), Qinglin Ma (China), Yanxiang Li , Methods of Engraving on Tinned Bronze Belts From Gansu Province in 6th - 5th Cent. B.C., (China),

60. Xiuzhen Li (China), Macros Martion-Torres UK Kun Zhao Yin Xia, From casting to chiselling: SEM imaging of inscriptions on Qin bronze objects

61. E. Barzagli (Italy), F. Grazzi (Italy), A. Williams (UK), D. Edge (UK), A. Scherillo(Italy, UK), J. Kelleher(UK), M.Zoppi (UK), "Characterization of an Indian sword; classic and innovative methods of investigation in comparison"

62. Taecheon Rho (Korea), Namchul Cho (Korea), Mira Choi (Korea), , Study on Manufacturing Technique and Provenance of Bronze Artifacts on the Korean Peninsula Around the Third Century B.C.

63. Takafumi Niwa (Japan), Shingo Hidehiro (Japan), Takahiro Yatsuki (Japan), Yosuke Higuchi (Japan), Experimental archaeological study for reconstructing of manufacturing technology of Chinese bronze vessels：Based on an investigation of ZunPan vessels from Zenghou Yi tomb

64. Kouichi Ueda (Japan), "Metallurgical Technologies on the Picture Scroll of Sado Gold and Silver Mine in Edo Period

65. Hiroshi Tanii (Japan), Tadahiro Inazumi (Japan), Keiichi Terashima (Japan), Mineralogical study of iron ore sand with different metallurgical characteristic to refining with use of (Japan),ese classic iron-making furnace “Tatara

66. Keiji Umezaki (Japan), Mizuho Suzuki (Japan), , "The technology of coinage at the Kurosaki mint of Fukuoka domain in early seventeenth century Japan,

67. Xing Huang (China), Wei Qian (China), , Simulation of the Blast Furnaces in 10th to 12th Century China

68. Ko Ueda (Japan), "Traditional iron sand smelting furnaces peculiar to the Satsuma han (domain) in southern (Japan), in the Edo period

69. Tetsuya Nakanishi (Japan), Eiji Izawa (Japan), , Evolution of silver-smelting technology of (Japan), in the middle of the16th century

70. Ryu Murakami (Japan), Toshiyuki Torigoe (Japan), , Scientific research on world heritage Iwami Ginzan silver mine site in Japan

71. Lauren Glover (USA), Experimental Metallurgy of East Asian Copper Alloy Bells: Analysis of Shape, Metal Composition, and Sound

72. Vasant Shinde (India), Archaeology of the Harappan Sites of Farmana and Kuntasi

73. Paul Craddock (UK), The Production of Silver across the Ancient World

74. Martin Polkinghorne Australia Brice VincentThe saṃrit of Angkor: Bronze production at the Royal Palace workshop 12th - 14th centuries

75. Prasanta K. Datta (India), Pranab K. Chattopadhyay (India), "Reconstruction of Forging Technology of High-Tin Bronzes in Ancient Bengal"

76. Hidenori ERA (Japan), Kosuke MATSUKI (Japan), Fumitaka OTSUBO (Japan), Hidenori KUROKI (Japan), "Reproduction of metallographic structure of ancient cast iron"

77. Wenli Zhou (UK and China), Marcos Martinón-Torres (UK), Jianli Chen (China), "Distilling Zinc in China: the Technology of Large-Scale Zinc Production in Chongqing during the Ming and Qing Dynasties (AD 1368-191"

78. Marcos MARTINÓN-TORRES (UK), Xiuzhen Janice LI (UK and China), Andrew BEVAN (UK), Yin XIA(China), Kun ZHAO (China), Thilo REHREN (Qatar), "Technological knowledge and labour organisation in the production of weapons for the Terracotta Army"

79. Kazuhiro Nagata (Japan), Takashi Watanabe (Japan), "Pre-modern refining process of "Okaji" without deoxidation"

80. Kazuhiro Nagata (Japan), "Tatara as the Unique Ironmaking Process Using Fine Iron Sand"

81. Kazuhiro Nagata (Japan), Natsuko Kugiya (Japan), Takashi Watanabe (Japan), "Bright Sparks "Wakibana" in Flame as a Sign of Welding of Tatara Steel"

82. David Killick (USA), "Smelting of magnetite, titanomagnetite and magnetite-ilmenite ores in bloomery furnaces: two African examples"

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