TY - BOOK AU - Buchwald,Vagn Fabritius ED - The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. TI - Iron and steel in ancient times / T2 - Historisk-filosofiske skrifter ; SN - 8773043087 PY - 2005/// CY - Copenhagen : PB - Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, KW - HIERRO KW - ACERO KW - HISTORIA KW - EUROPA KW - MEDITERRANEO KW - ESCANDINAVIA N2 - Meteorites and man - Cooper and bronze - Iron - a very special metal - Early iron in the Mediterranean area and the bloomery process I - Celtic Europe and Noric steel - The bloomery process II. From ore to manufacture - The analytical method and the significance of phosphorus - Iron in Scandinavia in the Pre.Roman Iron Age - Denmark, 0-600 A.D. and the furnace clay material - Iron and steel in Europe in the period 0-600 A.D. - The spoils of victory and pattern welding 0-600 A.D. - Iron and steel in Scandinavia 600-1200 A.D. - Epilogue - Appendix ER -