These pages are maintained by
David Dungworth
HMS Archaeology Committee
The Archaeology Committee of the Historical Metallurgy Society was set up to improve communication between
archaeologists and metallurgists. It meets three times a year and initiates projects on a range of topics of
interest to both groups. Recent and current projects of the archaeology committee include:
Archaeometallurgy Datasheets
Archaeometallurgy Research Framework
Metallurgy Glossary
Members of the Committee
The Archaeology Committee has produced a highly successful range of
datasheets to help archaeologists recognise and understand archaeological evidence
for metallurgical activities. The datasheets served as a starting point for the
Archaeometallurgy Guidelines produced in 2001 by
English Heritage. The committee has recently started to revise the
existing datasheets and add new datasheets on topics not previoulsy covered.
English Heritage has initiated the production
of research frameworks for archaeology. There are nine regional research frameworks and several period-based
research frameworks. The treatment of metallurgical issues in these research frameworks varies and the archaeology
committee is producing its own research framework covering metallurgy at a national scale and covering all periods.
The HMS Research Framework on Archaeometallurgy was published in 2009.
Chris Salter and Brian Gilmour have produced a glossary
of metallurgical terms. This document requires further contributions from the archaeometallurgical community. If you
have any suggestions please email
david.dungworth@english-heritage.org.uk.
Paul Belford(Chairman), David
Dungworth (Secretary), Anna Badcock, Justine Bayley, Paul Belford, Brian Gilmour, Lee Bray,
Lynne Keys, Matt Nicholas, Sue Stallibrass, and Sally Worrall.