Vol. 28 No. 1 (2024): METALLA

The current paper of Bettenay presents eight 19th century case histories from well-documented Australian goldfields indicate the bonanza recoveries available to “first-movers” into previously unmined areas. The paper is a synthesis of the documentation, focussing on the earliest surviving official or verifiable accounts. 

The article of Hanel and Pfeffer is dealing with the results of casting experiments to reconstruct the production of Roman lead ingots with the help of archaeological experiments and further to investigate traces of the moulding process on the ingots and the epigraphic evidence there.

The recent work of Alexandrescu and Bode provides information on the lead used in Moesia Inferior, particularly for the micro-region of Troesmis/Turcoaia, Tulcea county, Romania. The study also shows the supply routes and regions of origin from which the region was supplied with raw materials at the time.