Metals and Society: Papers from a session held at the European Association of Archaeologists Sixth Annual Meeting in Lisbon 2000

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14 papers exploring the social dynamics and social organization of the technology of metal-making and metal-working. Front Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Contributor Contact Details Introduction Metallurgy and Society in Prehistoric Spain From Farms to Factories: The Development of Copper Production at Faynan, Southern Jordan, During the Early Bronze Age The Cultural and Chronological Context of the Development of Early Bronze Age Metallurgy in Central Europe Mining as Social Process: A Case Study from the Great Orne, North Wales, UK The Provenance of Early Bronze Age Copper from Northern Bohemia and Central Germany: First Results from Physico-chemical Investigations The Panasquiera Mines, Portugal: A Case Study on the Social and Labour Organisation of an Extractive Industry During the Twentieth Century Iron Technology and Magic in Iron Age Norway The Archaeology of Islamic Metals and the Anthropology of Traditional Metal Casting in Cairo Today Jewellers from Different Regions in the Castle of St Mikhail of Chernigov, Russia The Bronze Palstave from the Quarta Feira Copper Mine, Central Portugal Becoming Cultural: Society and the Incorporation of Bronze Bronze and the First Arms Race -- Cause, Effect or Coincidence? Changes of Use: Transformations of Comprehension