Current Issue
Vol. 28 No. 1 (2024): METALLA
The current paper of Bettenay presents eight 19th century case histories from well-documented Australian goldfields indicate the bonanza recoveries available to “first-movers” into previously unmined areas. The paper is a synthesis of the documentation, focussing on the earliest surviving official or verifiable accounts.
The article of Hanel and Pfeffer is dealing with the results of casting experiments to reconstruct the production of Roman lead ingots with the help of archaeological experiments and further to investigate traces of the moulding process on the ingots and the epigraphic evidence there.
The recent work of Alexandrescu and Bode provides information on the lead used in Moesia Inferior, particularly for the micro-region of Troesmis/Turcoaia, Tulcea county, Romania. The study also shows the supply routes and regions of origin from which the region was supplied with raw materials at the time.
Published:
2024-06-30
Articles
Aim and Scope of the Journal
The journal METALLA is an international, peer-reviewed, English-language archaeological and archaeometallurgical journal with clear acquisitions to archaeometry, conservation science to economic, mining and raw materials archaeology and economic history. The journal is published in printed form with two issues per year. It is one of the most renowned academic journals in this subject spectrum and combines the historical, archaeological and archaeometric scientific fields at the highest professional level. The contributions are strongly related to mining, the production, provenance and preservation of artefacts, their trade as well as the prospecting and processing of ancient geo-resources.
General Information
The journal METALLA is published by the Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM, German Mining Museum), in addition to the journal Der Anschnitt (bergbaumuseum.de), the publication platform OMP and other print publications (bergbaumuseum-shop.de).
The METALLA has the International Standard Serial Number ISSN 0947-6229 and the Electronic International Standard Serial Number E-ISSN 2749-6430. From 2022, METALLA has moved to an open-access journal, where the printed version is still available for purchase. Submitted articles undergo a double-blind peer reviewing process. Accepted papers are published with platinum Open Access by Ruhr University Bochum, free for both reader and author and available from day one.
