Scholar
Ronald Frank Tylecote
1916–1990 · United Kingdom
Metallurgist whose work on furnaces is cited for copper smelting at Late Bronze Age Kition and Enkomi, where he read an excavated vessel as a smelting furnace.
Biography
Ronald Frank Tylecote, a metallurgist, was born in Manchester on 15 June 1916 and died on 17 June 19901.
Two of his publications are cited in writing on Cypriot copper. One, of 1971, is the reference given for "furnace conglomerate" at Kition2. The other, of 1982, is cited for the Enkomi vessel (Dikaios inventory 1640), which he treated as a smelting furnace3. Bernard Knapp, Kassianidou and Donnelly say that Tylecote identified the Enkomi vessel as a furnace, and later authors regard its function as debated4.
Life and work
- 15 June 1916Born in Manchester according to the authority record
Manchesterrecord
- 1971First recognised "furnace conglomerate" at Kition (Tylecote 1971, 53, as cited in a Muhly Festschrift chapter)
- 1982Defined the Enkomi "crucible" (Dikaios Inv. 1640) as a smelting furnace (Tylecote 1982, 92, as cited); later authors regard its function as debated
EnkomiMetals in Antiquity: International… 1997, p. 109Knapp et al. 2001, p. 207
- 17 June 1990Died
Discussed in documents
- Jones. Oxhide Ingots, Copper Production, and the Mediterranean Trade in Copper and Other Metals in the Bronze AgeProposed furnace and casting reconstructions
- Hauptmann et al. (2002). On the structure and composition of copper and tin ingots excavated from the shipwreck of UluburunProposed ingot formation from smelting
Sources
- 1.Wikidata / GND authority record. Ronald F. Tylecote (1916-1990). Online
- 2.Metallurgy: Understanding How, Learning Why. Studies in Honor of James D. Muhly (Prehistory Monographs).
- 3. (1997). Metals in Antiquity: International symposium at Harvard University from 10 to 13 September 1997.
- 4.A. B. Knapp, V. Kassianidou, M. Donnelly (2001). “Copper smelting in Late Bronze Age Cyprus: The excavations at Politiko Phorades”. Near Eastern Archaeology 64. Online