Continuity and Change in the Alum Industry: A Technological Approach to Wenzhou Alum Mine (Zhejiang Province, China, 14th-21st Century)

IF 0.1 4区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Industrial Archaeology Review Pub Date : 2020-07-02 DOI:10.1080/03090728.2020.1809314

S. Feng, W. Qian, J. M. Cano Sanchiz, Roger White, M. Robinson

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Wenzhou Alum Mine in Fanshan Town, Zhejiang Province (China), operated from the middle of the 14th century to December 2017 and, as an important centre of the Chinese alum industry for more than 600 years, witnessed both change and continuity in the development of alum mining and refining technology. Alum was produced in Wenzhou from the alunite ore mined in the territory, and included quarrying, calcining, weathering and steeping the ore to produce an impure solution, or liquor, of aluminium sulphate and potassium sulphate, which was then boiled at the appropriate temperature to form a concentration of alum. A review of the documentary evidence coupled with an archaeological survey of the mining and refining sites owned by the Wenzhou Alum Mine Company has enabled the site to be redefined as a complex production landscape by paying attention to the evidence for the evolution of technology used for producing alum.

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铝工业的连续性与变革——温州铝矿的技术探索（中国浙江省，14—21世纪）

摘要：位于浙江省范山镇的温州明矾矿，运营于14世纪中叶至2017年12月，作为中国明矾工业的重要中心，600多年来见证了明矾开采和精炼技术的发展变化和延续。明矾是在温州由该地区开采的明矾石矿石生产的，包括采石、煅烧、风化和浸泡矿石，以产生不纯的硫酸铝和硫酸钾溶液或溶液，然后在适当的温度下煮沸，形成一定浓度的明矾。对文献证据的审查，加上对温州明矾矿公司拥有的采矿和精炼遗址的考古调查，通过关注明矾生产技术演变的证据，使该遗址能够重新定义为一个复杂的生产景观。

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期刊介绍： Industrial Archaeology Review aims to publish research in industrial archaeology, which is defined as a period study embracing the tangible evidence of social, economic and technological development in the period since industrialisation, generally from the early-18th century onwards. It is a peer-reviewed academic journal, with scholarly standards of presentation, yet seeks to encourage submissions from both amateurs and professionals which will inform all those working in the field of current developments. Industrial Archaeology Review is the journal of the Association for Industrial Archaeology. Published twice a year, the focal point and common theme of its contents is the surviving evidence of industrial activity.