Scholar
Tholander
fl. 1971
Scholar, active in 1971.
Life and work
- 1971Published in 1971 a study of early steel that examined two iron knives from Idalion of late LC IIIB, carburised and perhaps quenched.
Nancy H. Demand, The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History (2011), p. 215
- UndatedExamined a 12th century knife from Idalion which is carburized and perhaps quenched, as cited in the passage's discussion of early carburization.
Theodore A. Wertime; James D. Muhly, The Coming of the Age of Iron (1980), p. 121
- UndatedCited as author of an early steel study mentioning Idalion on Cyprus, a source for early eastern Mediterranean steel; the passage says nothing further about his work.
Recording and study
1 record- Studied1
probablyEstimated the iron recoverable from slags at Hala Sultan Tekke at one pound per furnace weekly.
iron slagsZimmermann 2001, p. 114
Mentioned in
4 mentionsDocuments · 4
- LA Maitrise Egeenne du Fer (XIIe-Xe S. Av. J.-C): un Progres Technique ou une Necessite Economique?
Probably · p. 114
Estimated the iron recoverable from slags at Hala Sultan Tekke at one pound per furnace weekly.
Zimmermann 2001
- The Coming of the Age of Iron
Wertime & Muhly 1980
- The Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Central Transjordan: The Baq'ah Valley Project, 1977-1981
McGovern 1986
- The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History
Demand 2011
Sources
- 1.Jean-Louis Zimmermann (2001). “LA Maitrise Egeenne du Fer (XIIe-Xe S. Av. J.-C): un Progres Technique ou une Necessite Economique?”. Mediterranean Archaeology 14, 111-123. Online
- 2.Nancy H. Demand, The Mediterranean Context of Early Greek History (2011).
- 3.Theodore A. Wertime; James D. Muhly, The Coming of the Age of Iron (1980).
- 4.Patrick E. McGovern; Robin M. Brown; Mary K. Dabney; Zbigniew T. Fiema; Michael Finnegan; Stuart J. Fleming; Giraud V. Foster; William D. Glanzman; Garman Harbottle; Jack J. Husted; Robert B. Koehl; K. H. Liu; Heidi Moyer; Michael R. Notis; Vincent C. Pigott; David S. Reese; Scott L. Rolston; Marilyn B. Saul; Charles P. Swann; James M. Weinstein; Christopher Wnuk, The Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages of Central Transjordan: The Baq'ah Valley Project, 1977–1981 (1986).
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