Amalgamation and SmallScale Gold Mining at Ancient Sardis ...
nology for smallscale alluvial gold mining at ancient Sardis. 2. Alluvial Gold Mining and Mercury Placer, or alluvial gold was ancient man''s primary source of gold an d provided two thirds of the gold that was ever produced (Boyle, 1979; Bayburtoğlu Yildirim, 2010).