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Bergbau, Steinbruchtätigkeit und Hüttenwesen

Author:
Forbes, R. J (Robert James) 1900-  Search this
Physical description:
43 p. with illus. and maps. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Greece
Date:
1967
Topic:
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Metal-work  Search this
Call number:
TN75 .F694
TN75.F694
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_25074

Nature transformed : Edward Burtynsky's Vermont quarry photographs in context / edited by Juliette Bianco and Pieter Broucke ; with contributions by Ilaria Brancoli Busdraghi, Kirsten Hoving, Gary D. Johnson

Author:
Burtynsky, Edward 1955-  Search this
Bianco, Juliette M  Search this
Broucke, Pieter B. F. J  Search this
Subject:
Burtynsky, Edward 1955-  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 70 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Pictorial works
Place:
Vermont
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
Landscape photography  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Stone industry and trade  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_986986

The mining and quarry industry of New York. By David H. Newland

Author:
Newland, D. H (David Hale) 1872-1943  Search this
Physical description:
p. 909-979 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Date:
1905
Topic:
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Natural gas  Search this
Call number:
TN24.N7 N48 1905
Q11 .N82 no.93Z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_231771

Hatnub : mapping pharaohs' quarries in the Eastern Desert

Author:
Shaw, Ian 1961-  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Egypt
Eastern Desert
Hatnub Region (Egypt)
Date:
1990
Topic:
Quarries and quarrying, Prehistoric  Search this
Call number:
CC1 .P64
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_548861

Changes in technology and labor requirements in the crushed-stone industry / by Harry S. Kantor and Geoffrey A. Saeger

Author:
Kantor, Harry S  Search this
Saeger, Geoffrey A  Search this
National Research Project on Reemployment Opportunities and Recent Changes in Industrial Techniques (U.S.)  Search this
United States Bureau of Mines  Search this
Physical description:
xvii, 169 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1939
[1939]
Topic:
Crushed stone industry  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Call number:
HD9585.A3 U54 1939
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_542007

A primer on explosives for metal miners and quarrymen, by Charles E. Munroe and Clarence Hall

Author:
Munroe, Charles Edward 1849-1938  Search this
Hall, Clarence  Search this
Physical description:
125 p. front., illus., XV pl. on 13 l. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1915
Topic:
Explosives  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Call number:
TN23 .U4 no.80Z
TN803.E96M96 1915
TN803.E96M96 1915
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_293253

On the trail of imperial porphyry / David Peacock and Valerie Maxfield

Author:
Peacock, David  Search this
Maxfield, Valerie A  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Egypt
Eastern Desert
Red Sea Hills (Egypt and Sudan)
Date:
1994
Topic:
Porphyry quarries  Search this
Red antique porphyry  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Call number:
DT57 .E328
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_523555

A short history of Indiana limestone / by Bill McDonald

Author:
McDonald, W. J. F  Search this
Lawrence County Tourism Commission  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 64 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Indiana
Date:
1995
C1995
Topic:
Limestone  Search this
Limestone industry  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Call number:
TN967 .M33 1995
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_515856

Survey of ancient Egyptian quarries / by James A. Harrell, V. Max Brown, and Masoud Salah Masoud

Author:
Harrell, James A  Search this
Brown, V. Max  Search this
Masoud, Masoud Salah  Search this
Misāḥah al-Jiyūlūjīyah al-Miṣrīyah  Search this
Physical description:
31 p. : maps ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Egypt
Date:
1996
Topic:
Quarries and quarrying, Prehistoric  Search this
Building stones  Search this
Call number:
DT62.Q8 H37 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_538466

A commodity problem in prehistoric Borno / Graham Connah and S.J. Freeth

Author:
Connah, Graham  Search this
Freeth, Samuel J  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Chad, Lake
Chad Basin
Daima Site (Nigeria)
Date:
1989
Topic:
Prehistoric peoples  Search this
Archaeology  Search this
Geology  Search this
Quarries and quarrying, Prehistoric  Search this
Call number:
DT331 .S131
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_554257

Mines and quarries of the Indians of California [by] Robert F. Heizer and Adan E. Treganza

Author:
Heizer, Robert F (Robert Fleming) 1915-1979  Search this
Treganza, Adan Eduardo 1916-  Search this
Physical description:
291-359 p. 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Date:
1972
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Call number:
E78.C15 H47m
E78.C15H47m
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_56420

Les industries lithiques taillées de Franchthi (Argolide, Grèce) / Catherine Perlès

Author:
Perlès, Catherine  Search this
Physical description:
v. <1 > : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Greece
Franchthi Cave (Greece)
Date:
1987
1987-
Topic:
Quarries and quarrying, Prehistoric  Search this
Excavations (Archaeology)  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_557494

Rock excavation, methods and cost, by Halbert Powers Gillette ..

Author:
Gillette, Halbert Powers 1869-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 376 p. illus., diagrs. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1904
Topic:
Excavation  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Call number:
TA740 .G47
TA740.G47
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_26591

Mines and quarries 1902. Prepared under the supervision of William M. Steuart, chief statistician for manufactures ..

Author:
United States Census Office Census (12th : 1900)  Search this
Steuart, William M. - (William Mott) 1861-1956  Search this
United States Bureau of the Census  Search this
Physical description:
xxxix, 1123 p. plates, diagrs. 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1905
Topic:
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Metals  Search this
Mineral industries--Statistics  Search this
Call number:
HA201.1900.B2X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_232234

Archaeomineralogy : an annotated bibliography of North and Central America (1840-1981) / compiled by Robert D. Mitchell

Author:
Mitchell, Robert D  Search this
Physical description:
x, 209 pages ; 28 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Place:
North America
Date:
1986
©1986
Topic:
Indians of North America--Implements  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Mineralogy in archaeology  Search this
Archaeological geology  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1090226

Stone tool procurement, production, and distribution in California prehistory / edited by Jeanne E. Arnold

Author:
Arnold, Jeanne E  Search this
Physical description:
156 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Date:
1992
Topic:
Implements  Search this
Stone implements  Search this
Tools, Prehistoric  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Antiquities  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_504727

Nova crew strains, and chants, to solve the obelisk mystery

Author:
Hedingham, Evan  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Type:
Articles
Place:
Egypt
Date:
1997
Topic:
Obelisks--Design and construction  Search this
Quarries and quarrying, Prehistoric  Search this
Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Call number:
AP2 .S666
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_513840

The mining and quarry industry of New York State; report of operations and production during 1905. By D.H. Newland

Author:
Newland, D. H (David Hale) 1872-1943  Search this
Physical description:
p. 45-199 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
Date:
1906
Topic:
Mines and mineral resources  Search this
Quarries and quarrying  Search this
Natural gas  Search this
Call number:
Q11 .N82 no.102Z
Q11.N82 no.102Z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_231772

Ancient mines and quarries : a trans-Atlantic perspective / edited by Margaret Brewer-LaPorta, Adrian Burke and David Field

Author:
Brewer-LaPorta, Margaret  Search this
Burke, Adrian L. 1965-  Search this
Field, David 1950-  Search this
Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting (71st : 2006 : San Juan, P.R.)  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Conference papers and proceedings
Date:
2010
©2010
Topic:
Mines and mineral resources, Prehistoric  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1062797

Kort Underretning om Hellebrudd : Hellernes Behandling og oeconomiske Nytte : samt om Huul-Veyters Anlæggelse med Brake eller Eener / af Eric Olsen

Author:
Olsen, Eric 1761-1834  Search this
Physical description:
28 p. ; 19 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Norway
Date:
1971
Topic:
Quarries and quarrying--Early works to 1800  Search this
Call number:
TN277.O51 1797a
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_109205

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