International Materials Applications & Technologies Conference and Exposition - IMAT (September 28 - October 1, 2026)

September 28 - October 1, 2026

Archaeometallurgy and Ancient Metalworking, organized by the ASM Archaeometallurgy Committee

Study of ancient metalworking technology and processes, also known as Archaeometallurgy has been subject of interest during the last decades. It includes application of various modern techniques to identify different processes used to produce metallic objects in the ancient and historic times. For these purposes, different archeological and historical materials are analyzed consisting of ores, slag and archaeometallurgical ceramics, ingots as well as final products (metallic artifacts). This research subject tries to find variable technological aspects of metallurgical activities used to manufacture artistic, routing and industrial objects. The session tries to make a short forum for specialists (archaeologists, metallurgists, geologists, chemists and archaeometrists) to share their recent findings in the field of archaeometallurgy of different metals and materials. The presented papers and talks should be including results of analytical studies on archaeological and historical metallic and non-metallic materials (slag, crucible, metallic ore) from different regions and periods, and must include analytical techniques as: metallography, chemistry composition, hardness, micro-hardness, SEM-EDS, Raman,etc Prof. Patricia Silvana Carrizo, National Technological University Mendoza Regional Faculty and Mr. Joseph Paul Mitchell, MBA, Metallurgist, Greenville Metals, Inc.