A pilot study on the epidemiological status of equine infectious anaemia, equine viral arteritis, glanders, and dourine in Turkey

A mineralogical, mineral-geochemical and 14 C geochronological study of slags, previously identifi ed as copper slags, in the Yaprakli area (Cankiri Province) of central Ana tolia, has demonstrated that these are late-medieval iron slags consisting mainly of fayalite, glass, plagioclase, tita naugite, ulvospinel and metallic iron. Because of the high lime content, relative to other medieval and Roman slags, these slags are quite anomalous in their lack of both modal and normative wustite. Further study of these sites could shed light on the mining history and smelting methods of central Anatolia during a relatively obscure period of major socio-ethnic transition.