PublicationsEarly Mines Research Group
Hammer-stones - hand held crushing implements from Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth

KEY PUBLICATIONS

Andrews, P. 1994
Excavating mines – with examples from Cwmystwyth, Chinflon and Kestel,
IN
‘Mining Before Powder’ Ford & Willies (eds.)
Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society Vol.12 (3), 13-22

Craddock, P.T. 1995
Early Metal Mining and Production,
Edinburgh University Press, 363 pp

Craddock, P.T. & Lang, J. (eds.) 2003.
Mining and Metal Production through the Ages
The British Museum Press, 296 pp

Craddock, B., Cartwright, C.R., Craddock.P.T & Wray, W.B. 2003
Hafted stone mining hammer from Chuquicamata, Chile
IN Cradock & Lang (eds.), 52-68

Crew, P. & Crew, S. (eds.)1990
Early Mining in the British Isles, Plas Tan y Bwlch
Occasional Paper no.1. Porthmadog: Snowdonia Press, 80 pp

Jenkins, D., Owen, A. & Lewis, A. 2001
A rapid geochemical survey of the Bronze Age copper mines on the Great Orme, Llandudno IN Archaeological Science ’97
BAR International Series 939, p.164-169

Mighall T.M, Grattan J.P, Forsyth S. & Timberlake, S. 2000
Tracing atmospheric metal mining pollution in blanket peat
IN Tracers in Geomorphology, ed. DL Foster, publ. J.Wiley, 101-121

Mighall T.M, Abrahams P.W., Grattan J.P., Hayes D., Timberlake S., Forsyth, S. 2002
Geochemical evidence for atmospheric pollution derived from prehistoric copper mining at Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth, mid-Wales, UK
IN The Science of the Total Environment 292, 69-80, Elsevier

Mighall T.M., Timberlake S., Clark S.H.E. & Caseldine A.E. 2002
A Palaeoenvironmental Investigation of Sediments from the Prehistoric Mine of Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth, mid-Wales
IN Journal of Archaeological Science 29, 1161-1188

Pickin, J. 1990 Stone tools and early metal mining in England and Wales
IN Crew & Crew (eds), 39-42

Timberlake, S.
2001 Mining and prospection for metals in Early Bronze Age Britain – making claims within the archaeological landscape, IN
Bruck,J. (ed.) Bronze Age Landscapes - Tradition and Transformation,
publ. Oxbow Books, 179-192

2003a  Excavations on Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth (1986-1999): An Early Bronze Age Copper Mine within the uplands of Central Wales, 
BAR British Series 348, Archaeopress, Oxford, 127 pp

2003b  Early metal mining research in the UK: the developments of the last 10 years, in P.T. Craddock & J.Lang (eds)
Mining and Metal Production through the Ages,
The British Museum Press, 21-42

KEY PUBLICATIONS (OTHER AUTHORS)

Dutton, A. & Fasham, P.J. 1994 Prehistoric Copper Mining on the Great Orme, Llandudno, Gwynedd,
Proceedings of Prehistoric Society 60,  245-286

O’Brien, W.
1994 Mount Gabriel: Bronze Age Mining in Ireland
(Bronze Age Studies no.3),
Galway University Press, 371 pp

1996 Bronze Age Copper Mining in Britain and Ireland,
Shire Archaeology no.71, 64 pp

2004 Ross Island – Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland,
Bronze Age Studies no.6, Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 767 pp

REFERENCES

Bick, D. & Davies, P.W.1994 Lewis Morris and the Cardiganshire Mines,Aberystwyth, the National Library of Wales, 89 pp

Jenkins, D., Owen, A. & Lewis, A. 2001 A rapid geochemical survey of the Bronze Age copper mines on the Great Orme, Llandudno IN Archaeological Science ’97
BAR International Series 939, p.164-169

Jenkins, D. 2003 Mynydd Parys Copper Mines,
Note in Archaeology in Wales 43, 106

Jones, N., Walters, M. & Frost, P. 2004
Mountains and Orefields – Metal Mining Landscapes of Mid and North-East Wales,
CBA Research Report 142, 192 pp

Mighall T.M, Abrahams P.W., Grattan J.P., Hayes D., Timberlake S., Forsyth, S. 2002
Geochemical evidence for atmospheric pollution derived from prehistoric copper mining at Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth, mid-Wales, UK
IN The Science of the Total Environment 292, 69-80, Elsevier

O’Brien, W. 2004 Ross Island – Mining, Metal and Society in Early Ireland,
Bronze Age Studies no.6,
Department of Archaeology, National University of Ireland, Galway, 767 pp

Timberlake, S. 1988   Excavations at Parys Mt. and Nantyreira,
Archaeology in Wales 28 11-17

1990 Firesetting and primitive mining experiments, Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth, in Crew & Crew (eds) , 53-54  Llancynfelin and Nantyrarian Mines,
Archaeology in Wales 32, 90-91

1995 Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth & Llancynfelin Mine,
Archaeology in Wales 35, 40-43

1996a Tyn y fron Mine,
Archaeology in Wales 36, 60-63

1996b Ogof Copper Mine, Llanymynech Hill,
Archaeology in Wales 36, 68-69

2002a Medieval lead smelting boles near Penguelan, Cwmystwyth, Ceredigion,
Archaeology in Wales 42, 45-59

2002b Banc Tynddol disc, Cwmystwyth,
Archaeology in Wales 42, 97-98

2003a Excavations on Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth (1986-1999): An Early Bronze Age Copper Mine within the uplands of Central Wales, 
BAR British Series 348, Archaeopress, Oxford, 127 pp

2003b An archaeological examination of some early mining leats and hushing remains in upland Wales,
Archaeology in Wales 43, 33-44

Timberlake, S. & Switsur R. 1988 An archaeological investigation of early mineworkings on Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth: new evidence for prehistoric mining,
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 54, 329-333

Timberlake, S. & Prag, A.J.N.W. 2005
The Archaeology of Alderley Edge – survey, excavation and experiment in an ancient mining landscape,
BAR 346, Archaeopress

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