Segers-Glocke, Christiane [Editor]; Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege [Editor]; Institut für Denkmalpflege [Editor]; Balck, Friedrich [Oth.]: Arbeitshefte zur Denkmalpflege in Niedersachsen: Aspects of mining and smelting in the Upper Harz Mountains (up to the 13th/14th century) - in the early times of a developing European culture and economy (St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae Verl., Heft 22.2000)

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tinguished easily by visual inspection. However, even after smelting and casting
the origin of the ore may be determined based on their different ratios of lead iso-

Fig. 6
Different archaeological monuments.

Topic
Type of monu-
ment
Investigation
Aim
Objective
Mining
Ore deposit
Pit
Shaft
Tunnel
Geology
Mineralogy
Chemistry
Botany
History
Physics
Localisation of
near surface
deposits
Compositional
Analysis
Demarcation of
possible ancient
Works
Characterisation
of mining
techniques
Supporting
infrastructure
Charcoal kiln
Artefact from
cultivation
Remnants of
Vegetation
peat bogs
Sunken road
Mining forge
Charcoal analysis
Geography
Botany
Forestry
Archeology
Chemistry
History
Localisation
Composition
Dating
Mapping
Impact of works
on environment
and agriculture
Development of
local economic
infrastructure
Smelting
Smelter site
Archeology
Chemistry
Mineralogy
Botany
History
Geography
Geophysics
Localisation
Mapping
Dating
Characterisation
of Deposit
and Process
Characterisation
of smelting
processes
in use at
different
times
Raffination
Site where
cupellation
and/or
segregation
was
carried out
Archeology
Chemistry
Mineralogy
History
Geography
Geophysics
Localisation
Mapping
Dating
Characterisation
of Deposit
and Process
Division of
Labour and Spe-
cialisation
Process-
Development
Trade 1
Markets
Settlements
Castles
Mints
Foundries
Cities
Imperial
palaces
Archeology
History
Chemistry
Mineralogy
Numismatics
Geography
Further
processing in
specialised
works
Characterisation
of Deposit
Dating
Area of
distribution
Distribution of
raw and finished
goods
Supra regional
trade relationships
Socialstructures
Interactions
between
commune, church
and castle