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Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology

 

 

Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology & the Ancient World
Brown University
Box 1837 / 60 George Street
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: (401) 863-3188
Fax: (401) 863-9423
[email protected]

IRONWORKING AREA
In 2008 Krysta Ryzewski completed her PhD Dissertation, part of which included the results from this excavation. "Archaeology of a Colonial Industry: Domestic Ironworking and Industrial Evolution in Rhode Island, 1642-1800", is available on University Microfilms and through the Brown University Library. An excerpt from it can be viewed here: link

Slideshow of 2006 excavations: Ironworking Excavations

Archaeometallurgy of Rhode Island ironworking [link]

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ironworking byproducts: slag, clinker, coal, corroded iron fragments