Research in Progress Meeting 2024
01 September – Abstract submission and registration opens
01 October – Deadline for abstracts (there won’t be any extension!)
15 October – Announcement of abstracts decisions
01 November – Announcement of programme
18 November – Deadline for registration
20 November – Reminder with meeting details sent to participants
22 November – Research in Progress Meeting
25 November – Attendance certificates sent to presenters
The Research in Progress Meeting 2024 of the Historical Metallurgy Society will take place online on Friday, 22nd of November. It provides a forum for everyone working on topics related to ancient and historical metallurgical practices, the past use of metal objects, and related fields. We are keen to learn more about your ongoing or recently finished projects! The meeting aims to foster links between the different disciplines and geographical regions. Therefore, we particularly encourage submissions from early career researchers, contract archaeologists/conservators, and colleagues from outside Europe. There will be an HMS prize for the best student presentation.
The event is open for everyone irrespective of their HMS membership status. Participation is free of charge. Please register for the event between 1st of September and 18th of November using the registration form. The link to the meeting room will be displayed once you successfully registered.
The programme and any updates will be announced here and circulated by email. General enquiries can be directed to Thomas Rose (thomas.rose@bergbaumuseum.de).
We are looking forward to seeing you in November!
Programme
Time zone conversions:
Eastern Time (USA) = UK -5
Central Europe = UK +1
India = UK +5:30
Japan = UK +9
You can convert to your local time zone with, e.g., timeanddate.com Presentations will be 15 min + 5 min discussion or 6 min + 4 min discussion.
Abstracts can be found in the abstract repository or downloaded as pdf.
| 10:00 |
Welcome |
| 10:10 |
Rithik Pramod:
Beyond the miniature: An exploration of the artistic and religious dimensions of Tamil Nadu’s bronze scupltures |
| 10:30 |
Sabikun Naher, Md. Ashraful Alam:
Surface enrichment and deterioration patterns of two silver punch-marked coins from Tekttha, Naogaon, Bangladesh: An X-ray diffraction analysis |
| 10:40 |
Meghan Parker, Ineke Joosten, Rosalijn van IJken:
Degradation of tin foils on historic Leyden jars |
| 10:50 |
Katherine Rothwell, Andrew R. C. Grigg, Nicola Grahamslaw, James M. Byrne:
Characterising the corrosion of the SS Great Britain using handheld XRF |
| 11:10 |
Julia Montes-Landa, Mark Box, Caroline Archer-Parré, Ann-Marie Carey, Maciej Pawlikowski, Marcos Martinón-Torres:
Reconstructing letterpress technology through the Baskerville punches: new scientific data to reverse-engineer a practically lost craft |
| 11:30 |
Anaïs Walsdorf:
Race and civilisation in John Percy’s Metallurgy (1864) |
| 11:50 |
Break |
| 12:20 |
Donald B. Wagner:
The archaeometallurgy of iron: An introduction for students of archaeology |
| 12:30 |
Kutsi Akcicek, Sinan Acikgoz, Heather Viles:
Comparative optical, chemical, and mechanical characterisation of 18th century and modern re-rolled wrought irons |
| 12:50 |
Tobias Heal, Alexandre Disser, Thomas Fischbach:
Acies Ferri: Construction and provenance of Merovingian seaxes from 5th-8th century Alsace |
| 13:10 |
Léa Chanal, Guillaume Sarah, Florian Téreygeol:
Improving our knowledge of the circulation of copper and its alloys: the case of the French Pyrenees at the end of the Middle Ages |
| 13:30 |
Alexandre Disser:
Recent and ongoing developments of a database related to iron metallurgy |
| 13:50 |
Lilo Nilima:
Marginalization and perception: The role of disabled in archaeometallurgical societies of Southern highlands, Tanzania. |
| 14:00 |
Break |
| 14:30 |
Peter Northover, Vanessa Cheel:
Historical Metallurgy Society Projects: Glossary of Terms and Atlas of Microstructures |
| 14:50 |
Frank Hulek, Yannis Bassiakos, Eleni Filippaki:
Studying the different mineralizations of Laurion through a combined geological and archaeological approach |
| 15:00 |
Ivan Stepanov, Khaled Al-Bashaireh, Michael Brauns:
The first insight into the origins of Ammonite iron through Os isotope analyses of iron arrowheads from the Late Iron Age cemetery of Tell El Mazar, Jordan |
| 15:20 |
Paul Rondelez, Rowan Taylor:
New insights in early bloom processing |
| 15:40 |
Joshua Koss, Patrick Thaden:
An experimental Investigation of Medieval Helmet Forging Techniques |
| 16:00 |
Richard Williams:
Characteristics of malleable irons by the fining techniques used in their manufacture |
| 16:20 |
Awards announcement, farewell |
Code of conduct
All participants at the Research in Progress Meetings agree to conduct themselves in a professional and appropriate manner and to ensure that all can enjoy a harassment-free event. The workshop organisers are dedicated to providing an inclusive, respectful, safe, friendly, and welcoming online meeting for all participants.
We do not tolerate disruptive or disrespectful behaviour, personal messages, images, or interactions by any participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location.
Photography, video, recording or screen-captures of session content or presentations in any format are prohibited unless this right is granted on the slides of the respective presentation. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment.
If a participant engages in harassing behaviour, the event organisers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender and/or expulsion from the event. If you are being harassed, if you notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact one of the organisers immediately.
We value your attendance and want the Research in Progress Meeting 2024 to be a safe place for everybody.