Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies
The Institute for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies (IAMS) is an international body whose purpose is to initiate and promote research into the origins and developments of mining and metallurgy and its culture-historical significance, from its earliest, prehistoric beginnings to recent times. IAMS is a registered UK charity affiliated to the UCL Institute of Archaeology, and associated with the Wolfson Archaeological Science Laboratories.
IAMS News
HMS 50th Anniversary Conference
The Historical Metallurgy Society's 50th anniversary conference has just been concluded after an engaging and fascinating few days of presentations, lively discussion, and museum visits. It was with great pleasure that IAMS members participated and contributed to the society's most academically orientated conference yet. More...
Published: Jul 1, 2013 5:12:21 PM
Timna Conference Review
A tremendously successful international conference entitled Mining for Copper: Environment, Culture and Copper in Antiquity was held last week in at Timna Park in southern Israel. More...
Published: May 2, 2013 12:42:55 PM
IAMS to offer funding for Timna conference
IAMS is proud to offer full financial support for two students to travel and attend the archaeometallurgy conference in honour of the late Professor Beno Rothenberg, which will take place in Timna, Israel, April 22-25 2013. More...
Published: Feb 4, 2013 7:16:13 AM
IAMS members present at BANEA
Two of our members have recently presented papers at the Metals and Colour themed Conference of The British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology held in Cambridge between the 3rd and 5th of January 2013. More...
Published: Jan 14, 2013 2:53:32 PM
Congratulations to New PhD Graduates
IAMS would like to congratulate our three newest PhD graduates in metallurgy from UCL's Institute of Archaeology: Dr. Wenli Zhou, Dr. Miljana Radivojević, and Dr. Thomas Thondhlana. More...
Published: Dec 11, 2012 11:52:11 AM
IAMS Summer School 2012 Success
IAMS is happy to report that we have just completed yet another highly successful summer school! We had a great turnout by many enthusiastic students up a peak of 25 attendees, we are overjoyed to see that the discipline of archaeometallurgy still holds great interest to so many. More...
Published: Jul 12, 2012 3:49:57 PM
IAMS at the ISA in Leuven
A large contingent of UCL students and lecturers have recently participated in the International Symposium on Archaeometry, and, as usual, IAMS provided funding to several students to present papers and posters on archaeometallurgy. More...
Published: Jun 6, 2012 11:55:22 AM
NARNIA Cyprus 2012
Fourteen UCL students have recently participated in a course on the archaeometallurgy of Cyprus hosted by the NARNIA project in Nicosia. More...
Published: May 14, 2012 4:23:28 PM
Archaeo-Metallurgy Events
Rust, Regeneration and Romance Conference
The University of Birmingham's Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust are hosting a conference in July entitled Rust, Regeneration and Romance: Iron and Steel Landscapes and Cultures in July 2013. More...
Starts: Jul 10, 2013 12:00:00 AM
Ancient and Historic Metals: Technology, Microstructure, and Corrosion
A Summer Intensive Course on Ancient Metals and Metallography is to be taught by Prof. David A. Scott at UCL in July 2013 aimed at conservators, scientists and archaeologists. More...
Starts: Aug 22, 2013 12:00:00 AM
International Conference on Ancient Bronzes
The 18th annual conference on bronze, covering all aspects of research on this material, will be held in Zurich, Switzerland in September 2013. More...
Starts: Sep 4, 2013 12:00:00 AM
BUMA VIII Conference 2013
The international conference on the Beginnings of the Use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA) is the interdisciplinary gathering of scientists, engineers, archaeologists and historians in a focus on production and use of metals, with emphasis on cultural interactions and evolutions over time and space especially between the West and Asia. More...
Starts: Sep 10, 2013 12:00:00 AM
International Conference on Metals Conservation 2013
The International Council of Museums Committee for Conservation (ICOM-CC) Metal Working Group is hosting its triennial confernece on metals conservation. The conference will be held in beautiful Edinburgh, Scotland. More...
Starts: Sep 16, 2013 12:00:00 AM
HMS Annual Conference October 2013
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the use of stainless steel, the Historical Metallurgy Society will be hosting a two day conference in the Cuttler's Hall, Sheffield on the 19th and 20th of October 2013. More...
Starts: Oct 19, 2013 12:00:00 AM
Page last modified on 04 nov 12 14:07
