Juleff, Gillian and Jaikishan, Sriperumbudur and Srinivasan, Sharada and Ranganathan, S and Gilmour, Brian
(2014)
Northern Telangana, an Iron and Crucible Steel Production
Landscape in India.
ISIJ International, 54 (5).
pp. 1030-1037.
ISSN 0915-1559
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| Abstract: |
Northern Telangana now lies in the remote rural heartland of India but is world renowned for its role in
the past as a region of iron and crucible steel production, recorded in historical accounts and field investigations
by first Thelma Lowe and then S. Jaikishan. In 2010 a joint team from University of Exeter and
NIAS (National Institute of Advanced Studies), Bangalore, carried out a six-week archaeological field survey
in the area that recorded 245 locations of which 183 are associated with metal-working. Locations of
primary iron smelting dominated the survey results, with crucible steel manufacture forming c. 20% of the
records. Further analysis is needed to resolve variations in smelting technologies but differences can be
observed between smelting locations within settlements and those in more remote forested areas. A
wide range of technologies are indicated by differences in tuyere size and shape, and techniques of furnace
wall construction. The crucible steel-making locations show at least two different traditions using
small, thin-walled crucibles and large, conical-lidded crucibles. This paper describes a preliminary assessment
of the survey data. |
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| Keywords: |
crucible steel; iron smelting; India; field survey |
| Subjects: |
School of Humanities > History |
| Divisions: |
Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: |
18 Dec 2014 06:53 |
| Last Modified: |
10 Apr 2017 06:48 |
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