metallurgy

(noun)

The science and extraction of metals from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working. 

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(noun)

The science of metals: their extraction from ores, purification and alloying, heat treatment, and working.

Related Terms

  • barrow
  • cist
  • cairn
  • etallurgy.
  • Smelt
  • civilization
  • logographic
  • codices
  • Mixtec
  • Mixtec Codices

Examples of metallurgy in the following topics:

  • Bronze Age Advancements in Metallurgy

    • An important development of the Bronze Age was the evolution of metallurgy, which resulted in the discovery of bronze.
    • The first evidence of this extractive metallurgy dates to Serbian sites from the fifth and sixth millennia BCE.
  • Mycenaean Metallurgy

    • List the items found in Mycenaean burial sites that demonstrate Mycenaean skill in metallurgy.
  • Archaeology

    • Archaeology also sheds light on many of humanity's technological advances, such as the ability to use fire, the development of stone tools, the discovery of metallurgy, the beginnings of religion and the creation of agriculture.
  • Ceramics and Bronze in the Yayoi Period

    • Techniques in metallurgy based on the use of bronze and iron were also introduced to Japan in this period.
  • Art of the Bronze Age

    • This period ended with further advancements in metallurgy, such as the ability to smelt iron ore.
    • The Bronze Age in Ireland commenced around 2000 BCE, when copper was alloyed with tin and used primarily in the field of metallurgy.
  • Indus Valley Civilization

    • Inhabitants of the ancient Indus Valley developed new and notable techniques in handicraft, metallurgy, trade and transportation, systems of measurement, and urban planning.
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