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100 1 $aRamage, Andrew.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2020048954
245 10 $aKing Croesus' gold :$bexcavations at Sardis and the history of gold refining /$cAndrew Ramage and Paul Craddock ; with contributions by M.R. Cowell [and others].
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bArchaeological Exploration of Sardis, Harvard University Art Museums, in association with British Museum Press :$bDistributed by Harvard University Press for the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis,$c2000.
300 $a272 pages :$billustrations (some color), maps ;$c29 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aArchaeological exploration of Sardis ;$vmonograph 11
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-267) and index.
505 00 $tPrologue /$rA. Ramage and P. T. Craddock --$g1.$tGolden Sardis /$rA. Ramage --$g2.$tHistorical Survey of Gold Refining: 1 Surface Treatments and Refining Worldwide, and in Europe Prior to A.D. 1500 /$rP. T. Craddock --$g3.$tHistorical Survey of Gold Refining: 2 Post-medieval Europe /$rP. T. Craddock --$g4.$tThe Excavations and Finds /$rA. Ramage --$g5.$tScanning Electron Microscopy of the Refractory Remains and the Gold /$rN. D. Meeks --$g6.$tScientific Examination of Some Ceramic Materials and Samples of Litharge /$rA. P. Middleton, D. R. Hook and M. S. Humphrey --$g7.$tScientific Examination of the Lydian Precious Metal Coinages /$rM. R. Cowell and K. Hyne --$g8.$tReplication Experiments and the Chemistry of Gold Refining /$rP. T. Craddock --$g9.$tExamination of the Sardis Gold and the Replication Experiments /$rA. E. Geckinli, H. Ozbal and P. T. Craddock /$r[et al.] --$g10.$tReconstruction of the Salt Cementation Process at the Sardis Refinery /$rP. T. Craddock --
505 80 $tEpilogue: The Significance of the Sardis Refinery in the Classical World /$rA. Ramage and P. T. Craddock --$gApp. 1.$tInventory and Descriptions of the Gold Samples /$rA. Ramage --$gApp. 2.$tInventory and Descriptions of Finds of Equipment and Supplies /$rA. Ramage --$gApp. 3.$tEarly History of the Amalgamation Process /$rP. T. Craddock --$gApp. 4.$tThe Platinum Group Element Inclusions /$rP. T. Craddock --$gApp. 5.$tAssaying in Antiquity /$rP. T. Craddock --$gApp. 6.$tConcordance between Sardis Excavation Codes/Descriptions and British Museum Codes.
520 1 $a"The fabulous wealth of the Lydians, derived from the gold of the river Pactolus in which King Midas bathed, may be the stuff of legend, but the essence of the stories is firmly founded on fact. Lydia, in what is now western Turkey, enjoyed enormous prosperity during the first millennium BC, and in the late seventh century BC the world's first precious metal coinage was made there.
520 8 $aThe continuing Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has excavated the remains of a gold refinery at the site, dating from the sixth century BC at the very inception of bimetallic coinage.".
520 8 $a"This book gives a full account of the excavations of the furnaces and hearths which comprise the refinery and of the detailed scientific analysis carried out at the Department of Scientific Research in the British Museum which has made it possible to reconstruct the process. Also included are a scientific examination of the Lydian coinage and the first authoritative history of early gold refining and assaying technology around the world, from its inception to the post-medieval period."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aGold$xRefining$zTurkey$zSardis (Extinct city)$xHistory.
700 1 $aCraddock, P. T.$q(Paul T.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86024873
700 1 $aCowell, Michael$q(Michael R.)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92105399
830 0 $aMonograph (Archaeological Exploration of Sardis (Program)) ;$v11.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42033167
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