Dear All,
I am quite happy with the name Archaeometallurgy, which can mean the metallurgy of the past or in the past, and it does describe what we want to do. The conference series Archaeometallurgy in Europe, for example, covers all periods and the most advanced of metal characterisation methods. The next one was planned to be in Sweden in 2022 ir 2023 but that is, of course, still very uncertain.
For me the important part is metallurgy; I am a metallurgist and the metallurgy I do is to answer archaeological and historical questions on the one hand and metallurgical questions on the other - for example, looking at ageing of metals at ambient temperature over 5000 years. The point is that it has to be good archaeology
and good metallurgy. What has worried me is that some people working in archaeometallurgy see it as a separate discipline and become distant from the rest of metallurgy and do not access the knowledge they need, so mistakes get into the literature and stay there. I really want the community to take advantage of its position in ASM and stay rooted in good metallurgy.
I think I have mentioned before that I first looked at a microstructure in 1966 and have been hooked ever since, and I want to stay that way, talking to people who feel the same.
All the best,
Peter
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Peter Northover
Retired
University of Oxford
+44 1865 820543
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-16-2021 12:20
From: Nassos Lazaridis
Subject: The name of the new community
Nihad and Patricia:
At our last meeting there seemed to be a move among those present toward changing the name. Three other names were proposed, which did not excite me so I decided to find a better name; hence my proposal. There is a conflict of what I proposed with an existing society, as you and Peter also pointed out. Given all of this, I would be perfectly happy with the original term of "Archaeometallurgy", even though it could be argued that not all of the work carried out deals with "ancient" artifacts and processes, as the term "archaeo" would imply.
Hopefully we can work through this on Thursday and, perhaps, leave the committee name as originally proposed by Patricia.
Regards to both of you,
Nassos
Original Message:
Sent: 2/16/2021 9:34:00 AM
From: Nihad Ben Salah
Subject: RE: The name of the new community
Hello Patricia and Nassos,
I am very happy with the actual name of the Committee (Archeometallurgy). Since I was not in the meetings that had discussed the matter, I take the liberty to give my point of view.
"Archeometallurgy" is a name that has within it (archeology and metallurgy) what, I think, inspired the creation of this committee and makes it unique. It had for sure driven me to be part of it. Having done in the past work related to archeometallurgy, I know that there are communities in the world that will identify themselves in this name, for example in France or in different African countries where there are people actually working on Archeometallurgy (spelled "Archéométallurgie" in French).
"Historical Metallurgy" is a name that is much wider and that does not necessarily stresses on the archeology part. Besides the "Historical Metallurgy Society" exists already. "Metallurgical Heritage" falls within the same definition than "Historical Metallurgy". I think "Archeometallurgy" would be unique.
Looking forward discussing this further with you all
Best regards,
Nihad
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Nihad Ben Salah
President
NBS- M&P Consulting
Canada
https://www.nbsmpconsult.com/en/home
Original Message:
Sent: 02-15-2021 20:51
From: Patricia Silvana Carrizo
Subject: The name of the new community
Thank you Nassos for the Greetings!!
I like "Archaeometallurgy" or "Metallurgical Heritage"
See you next Thursday Monthly Meeting at 11 am
Regards!!
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[Patricia Silvana] [Carrizo]
[Ms.]
[Chemical Engineer]
[Archaeometallurgy Area - UTN FRM]
[Mendoza] [Argentina]
[+542615577229]
Original Message:
Sent: 02-14-2021 13:11
From: Nassos Lazaridis
Subject: The name of the new community
Greetings to all and a happy Valentine's day!
I would like to propose "Historical Metallurgy" as the name for our activity. I can't remember if this is one of the already listed options but, if not, please add it to the list. If we have time, we can consider this at our next meeting this Thursday. What say you?
Nassos Lazaridis