Thilo Rehren

TL;DR: It is shown that the lacquer used to cover warriors and certain parts of weapons is rich in chromium, and it is demonstrated that chromium on the metals is contamination from nearby lacquer after burial, and the chromium anti-rust treatment theory should be abandoned.

TL;DR: The earliest direct evidence for copper smelting in Eastern Serbia dates to c. 7000 years ago, contemporary with the emergence of the first cast copper objects in the Vinca culture as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors bring together the sometimes-diverging views of several research groups on these topics in an attempt to find common ground and set out the major directions of the debate, for the benefit of future research.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present evidence for the production of glass from its raw materials in the eastern Nile Delta during the Late Bronze Age (LBA) and show that the initial melting of raw materials to semi-finished glass was done at temperatures of 900 degrees to 950 degrees C, followed by coloration and ingot production at 1000 degrees to 1100 degrees C.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the potential of evolutionary models to explain diversity and change in bloomery ironmaking recipes using a combination of multivariate statistics, ternary phase diagrams, and oxide ratios.