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Over the last fifteen years a considerable body of evidence for non-ferrous metalworking has emerged from excavations on English sites of Anglo-Saxon, and in particular ninth- to eleventh-century, date. The processes for which evidence has been recognized include precious metal refining, both parting and cupellation, and base and precious metal casting and smithing. All the processes and the objects that provide evidence for them are described in turn and compared briefly with finds from the rest of Britain and Ireland, as well as Scandinavia.
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