smelting

50th Anniversary of L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada

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Neil Peterson 1
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The summer of 2010 saw the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Viking Era site at L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland Canada. To celebrate this milestone Parks Canada arranged a number of special events, including an August visit from the Dark Ages Re-creation Company (DARC)...

"But if you don't get any IRON..." Towards an Effective Method for Small Iron Smelting Furnaces

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Darrell Markewitz 1
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Few ancient processes are as mysterious as smelting ore into metallic iron. Just how, exactly, is this done? The exact processes used by the ancients are unknown, but modern experiments can suggest some possibilities...