Research in Progress Meeting 2025

ImportantImportant dates

15 September – Abstract submission and registration opens
15 October – Deadline for abstracts (there won’t be any extension!)
19 October – Announcement of abstracts decisions
01 November – Announcement of programme
24 November – Deadline for registration
26 November – Reminder with meeting details sent to participants
28 November – Research in Progress Meeting
7 December – Attendance certificates sent to presenters

Announcement

The Research in Progress Meeting 2025 of the Historical Metallurgy Society will take place online on Friday, 28^th 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 1^st of September and 24^th of November using the registration form. The link to the meeting room will be displayed once you successfully registered.

Please contact Thomas Rose (roseth@posteo.com) for any questions and general inquiries.

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.

Time (UK)	Contribution
10:00	Welcome
10:10	Sébastien Clouet: Bồng Miêu Gold Mine: Technological evolution and colonial adaptation in Southeast Asia
10:30	Skand Manjul, Arvin Manjul & Sanjay Kr Manjul: Weapons, Rituals, and the Making of a Warrior Society? A Use-Wear Assessment of Swords and Associated Artefacts with Weapon Function and Social Identity of Sinauli
10:50	Sabikun Naher, Pranab K. Chattopadhyay & Jesmin Nahar Jhumur: Metallurgy and Firepower: A Technological Overvie of Iron Cannonry in Medieval Bengal
11:00	Peter King: British Gunfounding after the Weald
11:20	Rowan Taylor: On the constructional detail of the type 2 mediaeval anchor from Ladby, Denmark
11:40	Break
12:10	Nayanathara S & Suhash Ranjan Dey: Exploring Ancient Indian Panchadhatu and Ashtadhatu-Making Traditions as Prototypes of Modern High Entropy Alloys
12:30	Kutsi Akcicek, Jiaxu Zuo, Heather Viles & Sinan Acikgoz: Investigating Failure Mechanisms in Archaeological and Modern Wrought Irons
12:50	Omid Oudbashi & Russell Wanhill: Iranian Copper Alloys Archaeometallurgy, Corrosion, and Cultural Heritage Management
13:10	John Strachan: Metallographic and Neutron Analysis of EBA metalworking traditions
13:20	Silvester PM Baba & Mwayi Woyamba Lusaka: The preservation and conservation of Phopo hill, an archaeometallurgical site in Rumphi, Malawi
13:40	Ivan Stepanov, Hüseyin Öztürk, Michael Brauns, Ernst Pernicka, Nurullah Hanilçi & Ümit Güder: First insights into the origin of iron in eastern Cilicia during the Iron Age, using osmium isotope and trace element analysis
14:00	Break
14:40	Hailay Atsbha: The Spatial Distribution of Iron slag Evidence Sites in Northern Ethiopia (Tigray)
15:00	Michael Lebsak, Michal Hlavica & Roman Mikulec: Potential of Technical Ceramics for Studying the Iron Metallurgical Chaîne Opératoire: Selected Medieval Case Studies from southern Moravia, Czech Republic
15:20	Tomáš Kroupa: The Archaeology of Ironworking Landscape: The Case Study of Brdy Mountains, the Czech Republic
15:40	Ilaria Calgaro: Metal production in the 2nd millennium BC Eurasian Steppe: An update of research
16:00	Ryan Edward Peterson: Paths of Production: Spatial and Experimental Investigations of Native Copper Working In North America’s Native Copper Industry
16:20	Awards announcement, closing

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.

Contact

Please write Thomas Rose for any inquiries about the meeting.