Laurium and the hindered-settling model of ore concentration: a reply
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Nov 12, 2021
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In the Laurium region of Greece the method of benefi ciation accomplished on the 5th- to the 3rd-century BC flat-washing platforms is controversial. The key difference in explanation lies in the role of the stand tank and the adjacent working platform located at the rear of these ancient structures. The tank may be a source of water for the primary separation of finely crushed ore directly on the gently sloping working platform by manual agitation as in a buddle system. Alternatively, the tank served as a settling basin in which the primary separation was guided by the hindered-settling model. Gravity does the separation and the eye plays a lesser role in the settling basin approach.
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Conophagos C 1980, Le Laurium Antique et la Technique Grecque de la Production de l’Argent (Athens).
Jones J E 1984, ‘Ancient Athenian silver mines, dressing floors and smelting sites’, Historical Metallurgy 18(2), 65–81.
Kepper J 2004, ‘A hindered-settling model applied to the flat-washing platforms at Laurium Greece‘, Historical Metallurgy 38(2), 75–83.
Kepper J 2005, ‘Third Contact ore mineralogy at Laurium,Greece‘, Historical Metallurgy 39(1), 1–11.
Overman F 1865, A Treatise on Metallurgy, 6th edition (New York).
Tsaimou C G 2000, ‘The technology of silver production at Ancient Laurium’ in C G Tsaimou, Metals in Ancient Times (Athens), 105–158.
Vanhove D 1994, ‘The Laurion Revisited’ in H Mussche (ed) Miscellanea Graecea, fasciculus 9, Studies in South Attica II, 30–74 (Belgium).
Willies L 2007, ‘Laurium and the hindered-settling model of oreconcentration’, Historical Metallurgy 41(2), 87–90.
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Laurium and the hindered-settling model of ore concentration: a reply. (2021). Historical Metallurgy, 41(2), 91-94. https://hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/212
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Laurium and the hindered-settling model of ore concentration: a reply. (2021). Historical Metallurgy, 41(2), 91-94. https://hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/212