Confirmed chair persons for HMS Research in Progress 2010

I am extremely pleased to say we have confirmed the last chairperson for the Historical Metallurgy Society’s Research in Progress meeting, 2010!

In total we have four sessions being chaired by; Justine Bayley, Duncan Hook (British Museum), Marcos Martinón-Torres (UCL) and David A. Scott (UCLA). I am extremely pleased and grateful to the chairs for agreeing to participate.

As you can see from the full programme below, there’s some really interesting presentations and I am extremely happy that so many people have been interested in contributing.

We are still happy to have people, so if you’re interested in coming do drop me a line, and preferably email me a registration form (doc file). Payment can be made on the day if necessary.

2010 HMS Research in Progress Programme, UCL, London

9.00 – 9.15 Registration
9.15 – 9.30 Opening ceremony, welcome notes from organisers

Chairperson: Justine Bayley

9.30 – 9.50 S. Timberlake, Teaching Experimental Archaeometallurgy
9.50 – 10.10 S. Cater, An investigation of solid state welding techniques, ancient and modern, for the creation of high quality cutting edges
10.10 – 10.30 R. Fillery-Travis, pXRF of a Romano-British parade helmet

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee/tea break

Chairperson: Duncan Hook

11.00 – 11.20 M. Radivojević, One mineral two ideas: the beginnings of metallurgy in the Balkans
11.20 – 11.40 A. Dolfini, The function of Chalcolithic metalwork in Italy: insights from use-wear analysis
11.40 – 12.00 L. Boscher, Speiss and arsenical copper production in Early Bronze Age Iran
12.00 – 12.20 S. Fortuna, Phoenician Metallurgy in the Southern Part of the Iberian Peninsula

12.20 – 13.20 Lunch

Chairperson: Marcos Martinón-Torres

13.20 – 13.40 T. Young, Middle Iron Age copper smelting from Four Crosses,  near Llanymynech, Powys
13.40 – 14.00 J. Bayley, Metalworking at Deer Park Farms, Glenarm, Co Antrim
14.00 – 14.20 D. A. Scott,  Metallographic Studies: The Microstructure and Corrosion of Metallic Objects

14.20 – 15.00 Coffee/tea break

Chairperson: David A. Scott

15.00 -15.20 F. McIntosh, The Wirral Brooch Project
15.20- 15.40 E. Blakelock, Iron technology in Anglo-Saxon England, a glimpse at Early Medieval society through the analysis of iron knives
15.40- 16.00 D. Hook, Recent research on metallic artefacts: Bronze Age axes, Iron Age torcs and Anglo Saxon gold coins

16.00- 17.00 Concluding remarks
17.00 Reception (Staff Common Room)