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Transcript of Communication 67 2002
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COMITĂ POUR LA SIDĂRURGIE ANCIENNEde lâUnion Internationale des Sciences
Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques
R. Pleiner, secrétaire
Peter Crew, presidentSiĂšge du secrĂ©tariat: Institut dâArchĂ©ologie, 118 01 Prague 1, LetenskĂĄ 4, RĂ©publique TchĂ©queCommunication 67 Edited by R. Pleiner
ANNOUNCEMENT: This communication 67 and following issues will be available in internet pages ofthe Institute of Archaeology, Prague:
NEW MEMBERS: J. Navasaitis, Kaunas; J. PetrĂk, KoĆĄice.
CONFERENCES:
THE INTRODUCTION OF IRON IN EURASIA was the title of the international symposium, organizedby the RiksantikvarieĂ€mbetet â Geoarcheologiskt Laboratorium, Uppsala (Eva HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar, ChristinaRisberg) at Uppsala, 4â8 October 2001. The meeting was supported by other Swedish institutions as well,and ran under the auspices of the ComitĂ© pour la sidĂ©rurgie ancienne de lâUISPP. Programme: Ch. Risberg(Mrs) and E. HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar (Mrs), Welcome. O. Kyhlberg: Opening lecture. Session I (Scandinavia).E. HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar (Mrs): Bronze Age Iron Production in Sweden. L.âE. Englund, Uppsala: BloomeryIron Working in GĂ€strikland. L. F. Stenvik, Trondheim: The Introduction of Iron in MidâNorway. A. Espe-lund, Trondheim: A Critical Examination of Successful Bloomery Iron Making in the Past, With Emphasison Metallurgical Theory and Find Material. Session II. (Britain and Central Europe). G. McDonnell, S.Dockrill and J. Bond (Mrs), Bradford: The Evidence of for the Adoption and Use of Iron in the NorthernIsles, With Particular Reference to Old Scatness Broch, Shetlands. P. and S. (Mrs) Crew, Maentwrog: Lax-ton, Northants â Large Scale Iron Production in the Early Roman Period. M. van Nie, Amsterdam: IronProduction in a Clay Envelope (Hengelo, The Netherlands). G. Gassmann, TĂŒbingen: Actual Excavationin an Early Celtic Smelting Settlement in the Swabian Mountains, Southern Germany. A. SchĂ€fer andT. Stöllner, Marburg: Early Metal Production in the Central Lahn Valley, Hesse, Germany. Poster Session.P. and S. Crew: Innovation in Furnace Design and Technology â The Refractory Materials from Laxton.P. and S. Crew: Woodland Management and Charcoal Processing in a Late 14th Century Ironworks.E. Godfrey (Mrs), M. van Nie and G. McDonnell: Early Evidence of Ultraâhigh Carbon Steel in Europe.H. LyngstrĂžm, Copenhagen: Early Iron Forging in Denmark. D. B. Wagner, Copenhagen: The earliest Useof Iron in China. M. Goodway, Washington: Wrought Iron Bridge Cable. Session III (Eastern Europe andEurasia). T. A. Pushkina (Mrs) and L. S. Rozanova (Mrs), Moscow: Black Metal Processing in the DnieperBasin, Smolensk Region, in the 1st Millennium AD. L. Koryakova (Mrs), G. Beltikova (Mrs), Ekaterin-burg, and S. V. Kuzminykh, Moscow: The Introduction of Iron Technology in Central Northern Eurasia.N. Terekhova (Mrs), Moscow: The Earliest Tools of Meteorite Iron in the Territory of Russia. Äœ. Mihok,KoĆĄice: Beginnings of Iron Production in the Central Carpathian Region. J. Navasaitis, A. Sveikausaike,E. Matulionis, Kaunas: Examination of Pig Iron Lump Smelted in Bloomery Furnace. M. Gurin, Minsk:
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The Introduction of Iron and the Development of Blacksmithâs Work in Belorussian Polesye. Session IV.(Mediterranean Area). E. Jarva, Oulu: Early Iron Working in Latium: the Case of Ficana. Chr. Risberg(Mrs), Uppsala: Traces of Early Iron Production and Iron Working in Mainland and Aegean Greece.M. Kostoglou (Mrs), Glasgow: Iron Production in Ancient Greece: a reâevaluation based on new evidencefrom Aegean Thrace. Y. Bassiakos, Athens: A Late Geometric Metal Working Centre in Asine, Argolid,Greece: Analysis and Provenance. Session V. (The Introduction of Iron in Eurasia). R. Pleiner, Prague:Iron in Eurasian Bronze Ages. V. Pigott, London, M. Goodway (Mrs), Washington: Conclusion.
The conference was excellently organized and the discussions were fruitful. Especially the meetingof scholars from Baltic countries and Russia was valuable. An excursion was organized to visit sites inthe environment of Uppsala: HĂ€rnevi, a 15th century church; Rickeby, Bronze Age rock carvings; HĂ€ll-by, a Bronze Age smelting site; HĂ„ga, a Bronze Age burial mound (âking Björnâs moundâ); ValsgĂ€rde,early medieval boat graves; Gamla Uppsala, church and giant early nedieval burial mounds. The partici-pants (about 60 in number, from 14 countries) have had the possibility to visit the Geoarcheologiskt Lab-oratorium at Uppsala, producing analyses of different find materials (incl. slags etc.), being published inActivity Reports, referred to on pages of our Communications. R. Pleiner, Prague
ORFĂVRES ET FORGERONS. Lâapproche expĂ©rimental en ArchĂ©ologie miniĂšre et mĂ©tallurgique. Col-loque international et dĂ©monstrations expĂ©rimentales. Launaguet, France, 17â20 Octobre 2001. Orga-nized by CNRS (UMR 528), U.T.A.H. (B. Cauuet). The ancient metallurgy of iron concerns followingcontributions: C. Dubois and J.âP. Metailie: ArchĂ©ologie et expĂ©rimentation des pratiques anciennes decharbonnage en meule et de rĂ©duction de minerai de fer dans les PyrĂ©nĂ©es ariĂšgoises. C. Domergue, P. M.Decombeix, J.âM. Fabre, C. Rico, F. Tollon and J.âP. Arcens: DerniĂšres donnĂ©es fournies par les expĂ©ri-mentations dans les bas fourneaux romains type âMartysâ (plate forme de Lastours, Aude). P. M. De-combeix, J.âM. Fabre, C. Rico: La prospection des ferriers du versant sud de la Montagne Noire: ModĂ©li-sation du volume des rĂ©sidus mĂ©tallurgiques et estimation du fer produit et du bois utilisĂ© (5 grandensambles, 80 000 tonnes du fer pendant 3 siĂšcles). S. Orzechowski: DonnĂ©e sur postâreduction dans lecentre de sidĂ©rurgie ancienne de la Montagnes SaintâCroix (Kielce, Petite Pologne). P. Crew andH. Cole: From bloom to knife: experimental smelting, refining and forging of phosphoric iron and steel.L. Eschenlohr: Bilan des expĂ©rimentations sur les bas fourneaux mĂ©rovingiennes, type BoĂšcourt avecsoufflerie, et mĂ©dievales, type Quiquerez, Ă tirage naturel. M. Urteaga (Mrs): El programma del investi-gaciĂłn, rehabilitaciĂłn y recuperaciĂłn de los modos de productiĂłn en la ferrerĂa hidrĂĄulica de Agoregi(Gipuskoa, Pais Vasco). Demonstrations: H. Cole: Travail de forgeage Ă lâancienne du fer produit par ex-pĂ©rimentation et dĂ©monstration des techniques et dâobjects forgĂ©s. TiĂ©guĂ© Jo, forgeron Dogon (Mali):Forgeage dâoutils agricoles traditionels en fer. S. Cabboi (Mrs) and C. Dunikowski: RĂ©alisation dâun basfourneau (type de La TĂšne moyenne) et opĂ©ration de fusion et coulĂ©e. D. Morin, J.âM. Brun, L. Colchen,P. Merluzzo, M. Leroy, R. Herbach, M. Aubert, A. Ploquin, P. Fluzin: ExpĂ©rimentation de rĂ©duction typeindirecte sur les bases dâun fourneau type Huang Jiguang (Blast furnace) Partie sud de la Province de He-nan. OpĂ©ration de fusion et coulĂ©e. Papers: S. Cabboi and C. Dunikowski: La sidĂ©rurgie chez les Celtesdu Nord de la France: expĂ©rimentation sur les bas fourneaux de La TĂšne moyenne et finale. D. Morin,P. Rosenthal and A. Ploquin: La mĂ©tallurgie des Chartreux de Durbon (Hautes Alpes): essai de rĂ©ductionĂ partir des minerais de fer sĂ©dimentaire. M. Leroy, P. Merluzzo, M. Aubert, R. Herbach, P. Fluzin,A. Ploquin: Lâapport des expĂ©rimentations de rĂ©duction en bas fourneau pour lâĂ©tude comparĂ©e des con-ditions de rĂ©duction dâun minerai calcique (la minette de Lorraine) et dâun minerai siliceux (le fer forte).V. Serneels: Quâestâce quâune expĂ©rimentation rĂ©ussie? Reflection sur la rĂ©duction du fer. E. Huysecom:La rĂ©duction traditionelle du fer en Afrique: techniques, croyances et maitrise â lâexemple de forgeronsDogon (Mali). P. Andrieux: ExpĂ©rimentation: archĂ©ohistoire ou label technologique?
The conference involved film projections (H. Cole on Saxon sword forging, E. Huysecom on theInagina project). An exhibition was inaugurated consecrated to gold, and an excursion lead to sites of ironmetallurgy in the Montagne Noire, connected with the iron smelting demonstrations in GalloâRoman fur-naces (C. Domergue, P. M. Decombeix, J.âM. Fabre, C. Rico, F. Tollon and J.âP. Arcens). The Programmedistributed includes abstracts of all of the communications.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998
(Supplements)
S. PAZDA: Brzeski rejon staroĆŒytnego hutnictwa ĆŒelaza (IVâV. w.n.e.). Summary: Zone de sidĂ©rurgie an-tique (IVeâVe siĂšcle aprĂšs J.âC.) dans les environs de Brzeg (prĂ©cis de problematique). In: Kultura Prze-worska I, Lublin 1994, 241â261. An iron smelting region (63) sites in the territory of Nysa (KĆodska) andOdra rivers is discussed. Baszyce â a site with reheating hearths.
S. SCHREYER and M. GRAF: Rheinau ZH. ArchÀologie der Schweiz 18/1 1995, 33. Traces of smithiesin a Celtic oppidum on the upper Rhine river.
R. KRAJĂC, Z. KUKLA and R. NEKUDA: StĆedovÄkĂœ meÄ ze MstÄnic. Summary in German: Das mittel-alterliche Schwert von der WĂŒstung MstÄnice [A medieval sword from the abandoned village MstÄnice,Moravia]. In: Z pravÄku do stĆedovÄku. Brno 1997, 250â258. In homestead XV a long gothic thrustingsword or rapier (15th century AD) was found. It was made of a carburized iron rod; the point wasmartquenched. A brass inlay appears in the upper part of the blade.
A. KRONZ: Phasenbeziehungen und Kristallisationsmechanismen in fayalitischen Schmelzsystemen.Untersuchungen an Eisenâ und Buntmetallschlacken. [In German: Phase interrelations and crystallizationmechanisms in the fayalitic melting systems. Investigation into iron and nonâferrous slags]. Thesis at Jo-hannesâGuttenbergâUniversitĂ€t in Mainz. Mainz 1997. 275 pp. Figures, tables, microphotographs. A de-tailed treatise on chemical and mineralogical analyses of metallurgical waste products. Contents (abridgedand paraphrased): 1 The goals of the study, 6. 2 Fayalitic melts and the theoretical outline of the bloomeryprocess, 7â14. 3. The sample basis, 15â26. A: Analytical methods. 4 Chemical bulk analysis, 28â42. 5.Phase analysis (polarization, EMS, electron microscopy), 44â59. B: Melting systems. 6. Bulk chemistry,trace elements, 60â67. 7. Phase relations in fayalitic slags (olivine, wustite, spinels etc., glass, trace elementsin the matrix), 68â118. 8. Cristallization and stability, 119â153. 9. Thermodynamics of the reductionprocess, 154â169. 10. Distribution in the melting systems, 170â178. C: Technological interpretation. 11.Smelting technology in the Dietzhölztal (the role of the furnace wall), 179â180. 13. Slag as process in-dicators. Selected examples (Dietzhölztal), 181â199. 14. Summary, 200â203. 15. Bibliography, 204â213.Appendixes (tables), 214â270. Abbreviations, 271. The samples analysed originate in the research activityin the production in the Dietz valley, W Germany. The book may serve as a helpful manual for all those whoare interested in the smelting processse and for those who use analyse of slags appearing in the literature.
Z DÄJIN HUTNICTVĂ 27 [Contributions to the history of metallurgy]. Rozpravy NĂĄrodnĂho technickĂ©homuzea v Praze, vol. 156. Praha 1998. Ancient and early technology of iron. Äœ. Mihok, A. PribulovĂĄ (Mrs)and D. BialekovĂĄ (Mrs): Sposob vĂœroby slovanskĂ©ho meÄa zo ZĂĄvady. Produktionsweise des slawischenSchwerts von ZĂĄvada, 5â14. A carburized sword dated to the 9th century. J. HoĆĄek: MetalografickĂœ rozborstĆedovÄkĂœch hrotĆŻ ĆĄĂpĆŻ do kuĆĄĂ. Metallographic analysis of the set of arrowheads, 15â25. 52 crossâbowbolts were investigated from sites in NE Bohemia. Mostly wrought iron bundles. M. PĂșpala, V. Magula,Z. Kukla and J. HoĆĄek: Rozbor krouĆŸkĆŻ uĆŸĂvanĂœch pĆi vĂœrobÄ krouĆŸkovĂ© zbroje. Analysis of rings of mailcoats, 26â34. One Roman and nine medieval rings, riveted and welded, made of an annealed iron wire.One example was heatâtreated (martensite, bainite). K. StrĂĄnskĂœ, R. Ć tÄpĂĄn and A. Rek: AnalĂœzy ĆŸelezĂĄĆ-skĂœch strusek z oblasti ĆœeleznĂœch hor. Analyse der Eisenschlacken aus dem Gebiet ĆœeleznĂ© Hory, 35â46.Slags from medieval hammerâmills, as well as fining slags of the 18th century analysed.
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1999
A. Specialized items
ACTIVITY REPORT 1999. Geoarchaeological Laboratory. National Heritage Board (RiksantikvarieĂ€m-bet). Uppsala. From the contents: L.âE. Englund and L. Larsson (Mrs): Iron production at Stomskil dur-ing Roman Iron Age â an archaeologic and analytic study. Lillkyrka parish, RAĂ 219, NĂ€rke, 10â12.
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A rescue dig a clayâandâstone walled slagâpit furnace with a slag block inside (103 kg). Airâinlets traced,induced draught, supposed prints of a horizontal layer of reeds as traces of the original slagâpit block-ing. Also a smithing area with an anvil stone, slag, flakes of hammerâscale. Chemical analyses of the fur-nace slag. E. HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar (Mrs), L. Larsson and L.âE. Englund: Iron and metal working at a manorduring Late Iron Age and Early Middle Ages, Husby, Glanshammar parish, NĂ€rke, 13â16. L. Larsson,L.âE. Englund, E. HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar and O. Stillborg: Archaeometallurgic analysis of slag and iron fromthe iron production site at Binga, Hassmo parish, SmĂ„land, 17. Four Vendel period furnaces anda smithing hearth. Slags and iron analysed. L. Larsson: Currency bars from a 17th century AD smithy ina Dalkarlen block â a metallographic analysis, Norköping, Ăstergotland, 18. Corroded 17th century ADbars. L.âE. Englund, L. Grandin (Mrs), E. HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar, P. Kresten, O. Stillborg: PreâRoman ironproduction at SödeĂ„kra â an archaeometallurgic investigation, 21â23. A large slagâpit furnace with stoneslabs, said to be preâRoman, is discussed. The site comprises two slag heaps, yielding hearth bottomswith some metallic iron, low carbon metal, steel and phosphoric iron. Short abstract concerning ironmaking and working: L. Grandin and L.âE. Englund: Iron and copper working in the Skatan block â anarchaeometallurgic analysis, SkĂ„ne, 24. L.âE. Englund and E. HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar: A currency bar fromArninge, TĂ€by parish, Uppland, 25. L.âE. Englund and E. HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar: Items of iron from Grön-dal, Lunda parish, Uppland, 25. L.âE. Englund, P. Kresten and L. Grandin: Slag from village site atOdensvi, Visby socken, NĂ€rke, 26. L. Grandin and L.âE. Englund: Smithing residues from KrĂ€ggesta,Kolsva parish, VĂ€stmanland, 26. L. Grandin and L.âE. Englund: Archaeometallurgic material from Vit-tene â archeaometallurgic analysis, 26â27. E. HjĂ€rthnerâHoldar, L. Grandin and L.âE. Englund: Castiron and wrought iron. Material from the smithy in Vantinge, Scania, 28â29. Medieval and postâmedievalsamples. P. Kresten: Slag and metal from Kyrkesviken, Ăngermanland, 29. L. Grandin and L.âE.Englund: Smithing residues from Stora Ullevi, Linköping, 30. No dating mentioned. P. Kresten: Ralbyiron works. Magnetometry. Dannemora, Uppland, 31. Late medieval features, surveying. P. Kresten:Analysis of a smithing slag from DevelierâCourtetelle, Central Jura, Switzerland, 31. Mineralogy of 6thâ 7th centuries AD smithing waste.
H. JĂNS: Schuby und SĂŒderschmedeby. Zwei spĂ€tkaiserzeitliche Eisengewinnungszentren am Heerweg.[In German: Schuby and SĂŒderschmedeby. Two Late RomanoâBarbarian iron production centres at theHeerweg, SchleswigâHolstein. N. Germany]. Offa 56 (Festschrift Ole Harck) 1999, 67â80. Schuby siteLA 233: 7 lower parts of furnace slag pits, slag block with prints of brushwood and straw; SĂŒder-schmedeby: H. Hingstâs excavation of a smelting and smithing area with stone anvil and slag.
H. JĂNS and B. WOLLSCHLĂGER: FrĂŒhe Eisengewinnung in SĂŒdwestmecklenburg â Ergebnisse einerinterdisziplinĂ€ren Forschungsprojektes âArchĂ€ometallurgieâ. [In German: Early iron production in southââwest Mecklenburg, Germany â results of interdisciplinary research project] In: Bodendenkmalpflege inMecklenburgâVorpommern, Jahrbuch 1998/46, LĂŒbstoff 1999, 93â125. The research pointed to the ar-chaeometallurgy in Joldelund, SĂŒderschmedeby, Weser valley, Harz, Oberlausitz, MĂ€rkisches Sauerland,DillâGebiet and SchwĂ€bisch Alb. In SĂŒdwestmecklenburg 140 sites with iron production traces were reg-istered, with the floruit in the RomanoâBarbarian period. The most important of these is Göhlen; the ex-cavations in this locality with its slagâpit furnace clusters have been already several times presented.
â... UND SIE FORMTEN DAS EISENâ. Urâ frĂŒhgeschichtliche und mittelalterliche Eisengewinnungund âverarbeitung {â... they forged ironâ. Prehistoric, early and medieval iron making and working]. Inter-nationasles ĂGUFâSymposion in LinzâFeinberg, 27â30 October 1998. Archaeologia Austriaca (Wien)82â83 1998â1999, 482â541. The contributions presented were not, in fact, read in the symposium, theyconcern new discoveries and finds. G. Henneberg and J.âP. Guillaumet: Die Eisenwerkzeuge der Hall-stattâ und frĂŒhen LatĂšnezeit in Mitteleuropa, 493â497. Survey of Early Iron Age iron and wood workingtools from Central Europe. B. KriĆŸ: Iron smelting furnaces at Cvinger near Dolnjsk Toplice, 498â500.A short account of 12 features held for iron smelting furnaces (not properly documented). Large quanti-ties of slag observed in an area of 100x50m. F. Moosleitner: Eisendepotfunde aus Salzburg, 500â511.Hoards of iron objects from the Nikolausberg near Golling (blacksmithâs tools), HainbachâNussdorf
(Scythe, scythe ring, ploughâshare, axehead), Kaiserbrunn am Attersee (domestic and agricultural im-plements). Fig. 8 shoes, in addition, a large hoard from the Römerschanze near GrĂŒnwald, Bavaria (notcommented). H. Presslinger: Keltischer Stahl aus Linz. Metallkundliche Voruntersuchungen des Depot-funds on GrĂŒndberg, Stadtgemeinde Linz, Oberösterreich, 511â515. Preliminary metallographic exami-nations of a kettleâhook, a tyre, tongs handle and a sword from the Celtic hoard at the GrĂŒndberg rem-part (low carbon steels). Z. Czajlik: Quellen zur prĂ€historischen Eisengewinnung in Ostungarn, 515â519.Remark on the La TĂšne period and medieval sites with traces of ironmakimg inm the Aggtelek region insouthern Hungary. A. Gaspari: Römische SchmiedewerkstĂ€tten auf der HĂŒgel Ulaka in Innerkrain,Slowenien. Die Ausgrabungen von W. Schmid (1936â1948), 519â523. Unpublished smithies added.K. Bielenin: Einige Bemerkungen zu den Rennofeschlacken der Schlackengrubenöfen, 523â528. Theslag blocks from the Holy Cross Mountains furnaces represent an evidence of a perfectly masteredprocess. A. Espelund: Luppenstudien in Norwegen, 528â536. T. Abdinghoff and M. Overbeck: Die HĂŒt-tenstandorte Kerspetalsperre (MĂ€rkisches Sauerland) und Oberes Wippertal (Bergisches Land). EinBeitrag zur ArchĂ€ologie frĂŒher Hochöfen in Mitteleuropa, 536â541.
D. B. WAGNER: The earliest use of iron in China. In: Metals in Antiquity (S. M. M. Young, A. M. Pol-lard, P. Budd and R. A. Ixer eds.), BAR Int. ser. 792 (Oxford) 1999, 1â9. In the light of new finds it seemsthat the technology of iron smelting diffused to China by the 8th century BC from the West via Scythiannomads in central Asia. The earliest weapons made of iron were probably display and prestige objects.
B. Early iron as in other publications (1999)
LIETUVOS ARCHEOLOGIJA 18 1999. The volume contains three papers dealing with early iron tech-nology: J. Stankus, A. SveiskauskaitĂ©, A. Selskis, E. Matulionis: GeleĆŸis dirbniu cheminĂ©s analizĂ©sduomenis, Summary: The data of chemical analyses of some iron artefacts of the 2nd â 13th centuries,101â109. Chemical analyses as supplement to former metallographic examination on ancient and me-dieval irons. Carbon, phosphorus and manganese are discussed. Z. Malisauskas and A. LinÄius: Pelkiu(limonitinĂ©) geleĆŸias ruda Lietuvoje. Summary: The marsh iron ore (limonite) in Lithuania, 111â120. To-pography of bog ore deposits, analyses. J. Navasaitis, A. SveiskauskaitĂ© and A. Selskis: Lietuvos rudniuĆĄlaka sudĂ©tis ir savibĂ©s. Summary: The composition and the features of bloomery slags in Lithuania,121â133. Chemical and mineralogical composition of Lithuanian iron slags from the 3rd â 4th centuriesAD and from the 16th â 19th centuries.
Z DÄJIN HUTNICTVĂ 28 [Contributions to the history of metallurgy]. Rozpravy NĂĄrodnĂho technickĂ©-ho muzea v Praze 161, Praha 1999. Early metallurgy of iron is concerned in the following contributions:Lâ. Mihok, A. PribulovĂĄ (Mrs) and K. Pieta: Spracovanie ĆŸeleza z nĂĄlezĂsk pĂșchovskej kultĂșry: LiptovskĂĄMara. Eisenbearbeitung nach den auf der Fundstelle LiptovskĂĄ Mara gemachten Funde der PĂșchovâKul-tur [sic], 5â12. Analysis of smithing slags (sample 23 showed traces of tin bronze, accidentally receivedby manipulation with nonâferrous metal in the workshop). J. HoĆĄek and J. ProstĆednĂk: Rozbory stĆe-dovÄkĂœch ĆŸeleznĂœch pĆedmÄtĆŻ a strusek z hradu DolnĂ Ć tÄpanice. A metallographic examination of me-dieval iron tools and slags from the castle DolnĂ Ć tÄpanice, 13â24. Analyses of smithing slags from a me-dieval castle. An iron sheet with a rivet coated with brass and soldered by SnâPb solder. Metallographyof horseâshoes and fittings. J. HoĆĄek, J. ProstĆednĂk and J. BeneĆĄovĂĄ (Mrs): KovĂĄĆskĂĄ dĂlna na hradÄTrosky. The smithy workshop in the castle Trosky, 25â35. A smithy equipped with a hearth yielded PCBslags (analysed) and some artefacts (arrowheads, a knifes. horseâshoes etc.) which were investigatedmetallographically (mostly ferritic and pearlitic metal). K. StrĂĄnskĂœ, A. Rek and A. Drechsler: K otĂĄzcehmotnostnĂ bilance pochodu pĆĂmĂ© vĂœroby ĆŸeleza z rud z latĂ©nskĂœch redukÄnĂch pecĂ. Beitrag zur Masse-bilanz des Verfahrens der Herstellung von Eisen aus Erzen in den LatĂšneâKultur Ăfen [sic],36â42. Mi-croanalytic and mineralogical investigations of a bloomery slag and magnetite ore from the Celtic op-pidum at StarĂ© Hradisko, Moravia. A. HarniÄĂĄr, Äœ. Mihok, D. MlynĂĄrÄikovĂĄ (Mrs) and P. Roth: BanĂctvomedzi Hranovicou a VernĂĄrom. Bergbau zwischen Hranovica und VernĂĄr, 47â53. Mining of iron ores atStarĂœ VernĂĄr, 5 bloomery slags analysed.
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J. UNGER: Ćœivot na lelekovickĂ©m hradÄ ve 14. stoletĂ. AntropologickĂĄ a sociokulturnĂ studie. Summary:Das Leben auf der Burg Lelekovice im 14. Jahrhundert. Anthropologische und socioâkulturelle Studie [Thelife in the 14th century AD castle of Lelekovice]. Brno 1999. During excavation of the ruin of the castleat Lelekovice near Brno traces of a sheltered smithy were discovered at the eastern rampart. Destructionof the hearth stone substructure, traces of the anvil position and smithing slags have to be mentioned.
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2000 (as in February 2002)
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P. DRDA: Les arts du feu sur les oppida celtiques [In French: Pyrotechnological crafts in the Celtic oppi-da]. In: Les Celtes et les arts du feu. Dossier dâarchĂ©ologie No 258, 2000, 18â23. The work in iron is pre-sented by the abstract dealing with a smithy discovered in the oppidum of ZĂĄvist near Prague, Bohemia,dated to the early phase of the site (2nd century BC). Later (1st century BC), another smithy operated atgate B of the oppidum. The oppidum of Hrazany upon the Vltava river yielded traces of smithing activ-ities at the northern gate (PCB slgas, block tuyeres).
J. GĂMĂRI: Az avar kori Ă©s ĂrpĂĄdâkori vas kohĂĄszat rĂ©fĂ©szeti emlĂ©kes PannoniĂĄban. [Summary: The Ar-chaeometallurgical sites in Pannonia in the Avar and early ĂrpĂĄd periods. Register of industrial archaeo-metallurgical sites in Hungary]. Ironworking. Sopron 2000, 273 pp incl. 31 plates, 166 figures. The mono-graph is an extended version of the study by the same author (2000, cf. Comm. 66) but is completed bya historical survey of the iron making and working on the territory of modern Hungary. The contents pre-sented are based on the English summary, 315â340. The wording follows the printed preservation. I Intro-duction, 315. II Archaeometallurgical sites of Hungary. Collection of data [iron], 315â326. The beginningof the iron production in the territory of Hungary, 326â329. Celtic iron production, Roman iron productionand blacksmiths working in Pannonia, 800â900â1000: AvarâOnogur (7th â 9th century) and FrankâBavar-ianâSlavic, (9th century) antecendents of the Hungarian iron production in Pannonia. Furnace typology,iron production in the conquest period, Somogyfajz type workshops. Period of the Hungarian state foun-dation. Pitâworkshops in the ĂrpĂĄd period. Imola type furnaces. Bloomery sites of Alpine origin in theĂrpĂĄd period. IV. From the ore until the bloom, 329â334. Mines, ore, ore roasting, fuel, furnace buildingmaterial, blowing. Experimental smelts. Reheating hearths. Blooms and bars. Smithy workshops. Metal-lography of iron objects. Conclusion, 333â334. List of figures, 335â339. List of tables [plates], 339â340.Added a booklet with drawings an errata. Bibliography appears on pages 287â313.
D. GRIFFITHS and A. FEUERBACH (Mrs): Early Islamic manufacture of crucible steel at Merv, Turkme-nistan. Archaeology international. Inst. of Archaeology, University College, London 1999/2000, 36â38.Clay crucibles (up to 20 cm high) for steelmaking at Erk Kala and Gyaur Kala at city of Merv. Wroughtiron pieces and fuel were charged and heated in a presumably domed furnace the base of which was un-covered. It was blown from below through a special airâinlet channel.
Z. HENSEL: Badania materialoznawcze ostrĂłg Ćredniowiecnych z Kalisza. Summary: Material scienceinvestigations of medieval spurs from Kalisz. Archeologia Polski 45/1â2 2000, 93â97. Medieval spursfrom Kalisz, Poland, 26 in number, show mostly low carbon, phosphoric metal. In 5 cases carburizationprocesses were observed (up to 0.8% C). In one case traces of gold coating were discovered.
IRON, BLACKSMITHS AND TOOLS. Ancient European Crafts. Acts of the International Conferenceat Podsreda (Slovenia) in April 1999 (M. FeugĂšre and M. GuĆĄtin eds.). Monographie Instrumenta 12.M. Mergoil, Montagnac 2000, 248 pp. Contents: V. Serneels: Preface, 3. M. FeugĂšre, M. GuĆĄtin: Foreword,4. Part 1. Crafts in General: M. Mangin: Vie rurale et artisanat du fer dans les campagnes dâAlĂ©sia, 7â11.F. Quesada, M. Zamora, F. Requena: Itinerant smiths in the Iberian Iron Age? (6th â 7th centuries BC),15â19. B. Cech (Mrs): Gold and silver production in the fifteenth and sixteenth century based on the ar-chaeological excavation in the Gastein Tal, Austria, 21â33. Incl. a blacksmithâs workshop for pick pro-duction and reparation. F. Bessan: Fabbri e produzioni di armi nel medioevo: lâarea friulana, 35â41.
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Iconography, punch marks. Part 2. Workshops: L. Orengo, E. FrĂ©nĂ©e, P. Fluzin: Un atelier du forge de lâĂągedu Fer au âBois du Jarrier 3â commune de la CelleâsurâLoire (F. NiĂšvre). ArchĂ©ologie et archĂ©ometrie,45â66. Hearths and slags of the Hallstatt/Early La TĂšne periods. M. Polfer: Eisenproduktion und Eisen-verarbeitung in Nordgallien und dem Rheinland wĂ€hrend der römischen Kaiserzeit. 67â87. Survey ofproduction regions and places. K. Czarnecka (Mrs): Iron smelting in the PreâRoman and Roman periodsin central Poland, 89â91. M. Horvat: Iron furnaces from Sela pri Dobu near IvaÄna Gorica (Slovenia),93â96. Two devices in superposition, Roman period. E. Iaroslavchi: Les fourneaux de rĂ©duction du min-erai de fer chez les Daces, 97â102. Furnace sites, iron blooms in a survey. T. Anderson, A. Duvauchelle,V. Serneels and C. Agustoni: Stone and metalworking on the Roman site of ChĂąblesâles Saux (Ct. Fribourg,Switzerland), 103â108. A smithy and quarry for mill stone production. B. MuĆĄiÄ: Results of geophysicalprospecting on Prehistoric and Late Roman sites associated with iron metallurgy: Case studies: Cvingernear MeniĆĄka vas and AjdoviĆĄÄina above Rodik (Slovenia), 109â120. Magnetic surveying of slag dumpsat a Roman site. L. Orengo, J.âM. Bonnon, D. Bevilacqua: Lâemploi des bloc tuyĂšres dans les forges an-tiques du centre de la Gaul (Auvergne, Lyonnais et Forez au deuxiĂšme age du Fer et Ă lâĂ©poque romaine).DĂ©couverts archĂ©ologiques et experimentation, 121â136. The application of brickâshaped tuyeres at ironforges from several sites. R. Marichal: Outillage antique de Ruscino (ChĂąteauâRousillon, PyrĂ©nĂ©es Orien-tales, F.), 139â168. Roman smithies and a hoard of iron objects (76 items). M. FeugĂšre: Outillage agricoleet quincaillerie antique de Valentine (F., Haute Garonne), 169â178. Implements from hoards. H. Sedl-mayer: BewĂ€hrte SimplizitĂ€t. Zu einem Neufund aus dem Kastellvicus von Favianis/Mautern an der Donau(Ăsterreich), 179â186. Socketed iron axeheads. A. Gaspari, M. GuĆĄtin, I. Lazar, B. Ćœbona Trkman: LateRoman tools finds from Celje. GradiĆĄte at Zbelovska Gora and Sv. Pavel above Vrtvovin (Slovenia),187â203. Fourteen hoards with iron tools. M. Sagadin: Late antique woodâworking tools from Gradavovhrib near Kamnik (Slovenia), 205â208. A hoard. R. KrempuĆĄ: Krvavica bei Vransko in Slowenien, Höhen-siedlung des 3. bis 6. Jahrhunderts, 209â231. Early Slav iron implements from a settlement. A. Rustoiu:Outils en fer pour le travail des mĂ©taux non ferreux en Dacie prĂ©romaine (1er siĂšcle av. J.âC. â 1er siĂšcleap. J.âC.), 233â241. Iron smithing tools used in bronze work. Zs. Visy: Neuere Angaben zu einigen Wa-genbeschlĂ€gen, 241â248.
M. JANÄO: GermĂĄnska dielĆa z Berouna. [Summary in German, not entitled â A Germanic workshop atBeroun, Bohemia]. In: SbornĂk Miroslavu Buchvaldkovi (P. Äech and M. DobeĆĄ eds.), Most 2000, 107â110.Within a conglomerate of Germanic settlements on the territory of Beroun, central Bohemia, many tracesof making iron in the early RomanoâBarbarian period were discovered during rescue excavcations inprevious years. Here, a sunkenâfloored feature is being presented, interpreted as a bloomery with a hearthof a freestanding furnace in the SW corner an a stone anvil nearby. [However, the context speaks ratherfor a smithy where iron and nonâferrous metals were worked as copper sheet fragments show].
S. MĂDER: Mado wo akeru â Ein Fenster öffnen. Ăberlegungen zur Kategorisierung europĂ€ischer Klin-gen auf Grundlagen japanischer Begutachtungen. Summary: Mado wo akeru â open a window. Thoughtstowards categorizing European sword blades on the Japanese expertise criteria. EthnographischâarchĂ€ol-ogische Zeitschrift (Berlin) 41/1 2000, 17â27. A proposal for classification of European sword (and sax)blades according to Japanese swordsmith lore (Kantai) which requires a flat polishing of blades. Indi-vidual criteria and terminology are discussed. The method was tested on two Alamanian blades (a spathaand a sax) which were investigated in Japan.
MINES ET METALLURGIE EN GAULE. Recherches rĂ©centes. (C. Domergue and M. Leroy eds.). Gal-lia 57 2000, 1â158. Contents: C. Domergue and M. Leroy: LâĂ©tat de la recherche sur les mines et les mĂ©-tallurgies gauloises au Haut Moyen Age, 3â21. ClĂ©rimois, mines at Mans and La BussiĂšre:VertâSaintâDenis (PyrĂ©nĂ©es, furnace), Blessey (smithy), Bordeaux. Survey. M. Leroy, M. Mangin, H.Laurent, M. Boukezzola, B. Raissouni: La sidĂ©rurgie dans lâest de la Gaule, 11â21. 1000 sites (mines andsiderurgie) Bourgogne, Franche ComtĂ©, Lorraine. Districts de production: Morvan (200), Lorrain (152),MĂącon. Iron Age 2nd/1st centuries BC, beginnings of production districts? Roman period: Morvan in thenorth, MontleyâenâAuxois, mining village. Rural smithies. Avenches, Autun, St. Aubin, Choisy (largesmithy), environ of AlĂ©sia, BlesseyâSalmais. The decline in the late antiquity. The loricaria at Augusto-
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dunum, other fabricae for weapons as in the Notitia Dignitatum. P.âM. Decombeix, C. Domergue, J.âM.Fabre, A. Gorgues, Chr. Rico, F. Tollon, B. Tournier: RĂ©flexions sur lâorganisation de la production du ferĂ lâĂ©poque romaine dans le basin supĂ©rieur de la Dare au voisinage des Martys (Aude), 23â36. Duringthree centuries (60/560 BC to 260 AD) 80 000 tonnes of ironwere produced in that region which yield-ed 33 ferriers: excavated was the Grand Ferrier, Montrouch (battery of 6 furnaces). A. Beyrie, J.âM.Fabre, R. Sablayrolles: Les hommes du fer du dieu Ageio. Exploitation antique du fer dans les hautesBaronnies (Haute PyrĂ©nĂ©es), 37â52. The inscription from Asque (Ageio deo pagani ferrarienses), min-ing sites, mines. C. Dubois: Lercoul (PyrĂ©nĂ©es ariĂšgeoises). Un site sidĂ©rurgique du IIIe siĂšcle de notreĂšre, 53â62. Three bloomery furnace, 400 tonnes of slag, iron mines, collier sites. N. DieudonnĂ©âGlad(Mrs): Lâatelier sidĂ©rurgique galloâromain du LattĂ© Ă Oulches (Indre), 63â75. A 4th century ADbloomery with small amount of glassy slag debris, newly connected with possible steel making process-es. I. Daveau (Mrs), V. Goustard, J.âJ. Bahain: Un complexe mĂ©tallurgique et miniĂšre du Haut MoyenAge. Le site du Fourneaux Ă VertâSainâDenis (SeineâetâMarne), 77â99. 25 000 bell pits, 80 roasters,bloomery ironworks from 7th to 9th centuries AD. P. Fluzin, A. Ploquin, V. Serneels: ArchĂ©ometrie desdĂ©chets de production sidĂ©rurgique. Moyens et mĂ©thodes dâidentification des diffĂ©rents Ă©lĂ©ments de lachaine opĂ©ratoire directe, 101â121. Identification of different types of iron slags: bloomery, reheating,smithing, hammerâscale. P. Abraham: Les mines dâargent antiques et mĂ©dievales du district de Kaymar,123â127. B. Cauuet (Mrs): Techniques de boisage dans les mines dâor gauloises du sudâouest MassifCentral, 129â146. Glossaire, 147â149. Bibliographie: 150â158.
K. NOVĂÄEK: VĂœroba a zpracovĂĄnĂ kovĆŻ na sĂdliĆĄti u sv. Petra na PoĆĂÄĂ v Praze. Summary: Metal-working at the Str. Peters settlement area in Prague. Archaeologica Pragensia (Praha) 15 2000, 219â230,233â241. Nonâferrous and ferrous metallurgical evidence uncovered during rescue digs at PragueâPoĆĂÄĂ,at the Midle Ages a preâurban site (PCB as well as bloomery tap slags).
R. SCHWAB: Ăberlegungen zur Eisenversorgung des Oppidums von Manching basierend auf metallkund-lichen Untersuchungen an Waffen und GerĂ€ten. [In German: Reflections concerning the supply of iron inthe oppidum of Manching, Bavaria, based on metallographic investigations of weapons and tools]. Berli-ner BeitrĂ€ge zur ArchĂ€ometrie 17 2000, 5â44. The oppidum at Manching depended on imported iron fromthe environment, the metal was rich in phosphorus; 14 further iron objects (supplementing the unpublishedset investigated by Pleiner) metallographically examined â mostly knives of different quality and con-struction (sandwich ironâsteelâiron appeared several times, heat treatment of steel stated at 26%). Thesmithing activity appears in the northern part of the site where crafts were concentrated.
D. STARLEY: Metallurgical analysis of medieval quarrel heads and arrowheads. Royal Armouries Year-book 5 2000, 178â186. Eight projectile heads (three called arrows, five cross bow bolts) of unidentified Ger-man origin (14th century AD?) were investigated metallographically. Hard phosphoric iron was used, tracesof carburization or composite ironâandâsteel constructions are discussed without definite conclusions.
B. Early iron as in other publications (2000)
S. FICHTL: La ville celtique (Les oppida de 150 av. J.âC. Ă 15 ap. J.âC.). Errance. Paris 2000. A black-smithâs workshop from Mont BeuvrayâBibracte at the Raboul Gate is shortly described.
S. KURZ: Die HeuneburgâAussensiedlung [In German: Heuneburg â the outer settlement, SW Germany].Theiss, Stuttgart 2000. In chapter Anmerkungen zur wirtschaftlichen Produktion in der Aussesiedlung,152â156 appears on p. 156 a short remark on possible blacksmithâs activity within the Late Hallstatt pe-riod site.
S. SIEVERS (Mrs): Vorbericht ĂŒber die Ausgrabungen 1998â1999 im Oppidum von Manching. [In Ger-man: Preliminary report on 1998â1999 excavations in the oppidum of Manching, Bavaria]. Contributionsby R. Gebhard, M. Leicht, R. Schwab, J. Völkel, B. Weber, B. Ziegaus. Germania 78/2 2000, 255â394. Pp.382â385. R. Schwab: Zur Schmiedetechnik von eisernen Waffen und GerĂ€ten; M. Leicht, p. 365: On slagconcentration in area 1g 1042â1044.
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ARCHAEOMETALLURGY IN CENTRAL EUROPE III â Actes of the International Conference at Her-ÄŸany 2000. Special issue of the Acta Metallurgica Slovaca (KoĆĄice) 7/2 2001, 282 pp. Iron is concernedin following contributions; the wording of the titles appears as it is printed. J. PetrĂk: The archaeometal-lurgical analysis of the slag and iron objects from Gelnica, 6â19. Medieval finds from eastern Slovakia.J. ProstĆednĂk and J. HoĆĄek: A smithy at the castle Trosky, 29â35. At Trosky, a medieval castle in Bohemiaa smithy was investigated which served to the needs of the castle, probably still in the 17th century. Äœ. Mi-hok and M. FröhlichovĂĄ (Mrs): Analyses of Etruscan slags from Populonia, 36â42. Fayalitic and wustiticslags from the earlier strata of the site, the 5th â 4th centuries BC. J. Navasaitis et al.: Compositions ofslag inclusions in bloomery iron objects, 41â50. Microanalyses in some early medieval and postâme-dieval iron tools. A. Williams: The role of NĂŒrnberg in the massâproduction of armour, 51â65. The city ofNĂŒrnberg traded over Europe a relatively cheap plate armour of inferior or medium quality. J. PetrĂk et al.:The analysis of slags from the south SpiĆĄ, 66â79. Bloomery and smithing slags from low shaft and highshaft furnaces of the 13th â 15th centuries AD. A. PribulovĂĄ et al.: Analysis of slag and iron objects ofVandali tribe origin, found in BlaĆŸice, Slovakia, 80â88. M. Gurin: Metallographic examination of ancientand halfâfinished products in Belarus, 89â96. A small bloom and four barâshaped irons with low, high andheterogeneously distributed carbon content, RomanoâBarbarian period. R. Pleiner: Cast iron in the Euro-pean bloomery period, 97â101. The bloomery process involved, under specific conditions, germs of ofcreating cast iron in small or even considerble quantities. Mostly trated as unworkable waste. Äœ. Mihok etal.: Iron smelting and working in SpiĆĄ in Roman and Slav periods, 102â118. Smelting and smithing slagsfrom the RomanoâBarbarian and Great Moravian periods. J. Navasaitis et. al.: Metallographic analyses ofthe asâsmelted bloomery iron, 119â125. Analyses of unworked iron fragments from Lituanian sites. Hetero-geneously distributed carbon content, incl. ledeburite in the Lieporiai sample (smelting site): Compositionof slag inclusions in bloomery iron objects, 41â50. Microscopic analyses of slag inclusions in some earlymedieval and postâmedieval iron tools. H. L. Knau et al.: Iron works and water power â the developmentof mechanical hammer in the âSĂŒdgebirgenâ, 127â143. The use of water power in the Sauerland and Sieger-land as early as in the 13th century AD. M. Gurin: Evolution of iron implements in Belarus, 144â154.Different ironâandâsteel construction applied in cutlery and axehead manufacture (the 6th to 18th cen-turies AD). V. La Salvia et al.: Medieval iron metallurgy in town Cencelle, Italy, 155â174. Products andwastes from a smithy analysed (13th â 14th centuries AD). K. StrĂĄnskĂœ et al.: Reflections on metallurgi-cal processes in composition of slags. lst part: charcoalâblastâfurnace, 182â189. Analyses of slags fromearly blast furnaces (16th â18th centuries AD) from the MoravianâBohemian Highlands. V. Ustohal etal.: The bandâlike structure in artifacts from archaeological finds, 209â213. Banded structures caused bysegregation of phosporus as seen on two Celtic iron objects from the oppidum at StarĂ© Hradisko, Moravia.R. VargovĂĄ (Mrs) et al.: Medieval blacksmiths in town KoĆĄice, 214â226. The Dominican Square at KoĆĄiceyielded, during rescue digs many iron artefacts (41 of which, mostly fittings) were analysed. A heavilycarburized and quenched sickle. D. Hedge: The construction and metallurgy of mail armour in the Wal-lace Collection, London, 227â234. Certain difference in the manufacture of European and Oriental mailarmour. Metallography, especially of rivet areas. H. LyngstrĂžm (Mrs): Iron in Northern Europe, the Danishexample, 235â240. Metallography of prehistoric and medieval knives, smelting experiments in Denmark.V. Serneels and M. Mauvilly: The Early La TĂšne metallurgical workshop at SĂ©vaz, Fr/Switzerland: An at-tempt of quantification, 268â277. In a 500 BC workshop have been found 49 crucible fragments and 500PCB smithing cakes. Biâmetallurgical activities. The nonâferrous metallurgy was concerned in articles byA. E. Ceckinli (gold, 20â26), A. SchĂ€fer (a bronze foundry, 190â203; J. Labuda (copper mining, 204â208),V. Ustohal and D. JanovĂĄ (Mrs) (postâmedieval printerâs types from Kralice, 241â252), A. PribulovĂĄ(Mrs) et al. (lostâwax process, 278â283).
L. ESCHENLOHR: Recherches archéologiques sur le district sidérurgique du Jura central suisse. [InFrench: Archaeological investigations concerning the iron producing district of central Jura, Switzerland],
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Lausanne 2001, 319 pp., 40 figs. 1 map and partial schematical plans of sites in the catalogue. The volumeis a fundamental contribution to the development of iron production in one of the European regions, richin ores and yielding over 300 archaeometallurgical sites. However, the technology of ironmaking, as doc-umented by archaeology and written sources can be classified mostly as traditional, processed in lowshaft furnaces (bellowsâblown and, later, operated by induced draught). The archaeometallurgical meritsof August Quiquerez (19th century) are appreciated. The Eschenlohrâs book is written with a highly inter-disciplinary approach applying modern prospection, palaeobotanic, mineralogical, chemical and metallo-graphical analyses. According to the author, the theme was inspired by the systematical investigation ofa so far single site, that of BoĂšcourtâLes Boulies (the 6th â 7th centuries AD) but enormous work has beenrealized in the field of magnetometric prospection. The bulk of sites has to be dated to the high Middle Ages.
Contents: PrĂ©face (P.âL. Pelet), 5 â 6. Remerciements, 7â8. Sommaire, 9â12. RĂ©sumĂ©: Objectifs âMĂ©thodologie â Champ dâapplication â Conclusions, 13â14. 1 Introduction, 15â28. 2 Les matĂšres pri-maires, 27â44 (ore, charcoal, palynology). 3 La production du fer (Jurassic bloomery furnaces of theBoĂšcourt and the soâcalled Quiquerez types. 4 Les ferriers (ca 100â150 m3 of slag debris per ferrier).5 Lâapport interdisciplinaire, 85â134. Magnetic prospection, chemical analyses of slags, metallography.6 Le travail du fer, Ă©tape opĂ©ratoire de la postrĂ©duction, 135â140. 7 Aspect socioâĂ©conomique, 141â151(the role of monasteries). 8 Conclusions et perspective, 153â161 (main periods of production, furnacetypes and models, impact of the ironmaking on the environment. Summaries and abstract in German, Ital-ian, English (168â170). 9 Bibliographie, 171â180. 10 Index, 181â183 (places and personal names).11 Annexes 185â206 (Synoptical tables, sites, chemical analyses of ores an slags, pollen diagrams)12 Catalogue, 207â316. List of illustrations, 317â319. The evidence of metallurgical activity during theLa TĂšne and Roman periods is scarce. More important activities began in the Early Middle Ages (6thâ7thcenturies AD; 70 smaller ironmaking sites â ferriers). The bulk of metallurgical sites is medieval (9th â12th centuries, about 200 ironmaking sites); this was the period of discoveries made by Quiguerez in1860âs which brought a specific type of induced furnace with inclined shaft. The 14th and 15th centuriesare classified as a decline of the industry despite the fact that the final phase saw the introduction of hy-draulic power into the siderurgy. The comparison with the development with other parts of Europe is re-stricted on the West, especially France. The region, about 80 km2, yielded pisolithic ores, the dominatingfuel was beech charcoal, in lower regions alder, willow and fir as well. The siderurgical activities lead todrastic deforestation. As to the developer or supervisor of the industry, the author consider the main ownerof the land: the church, especially the abbey of Franches Montagnes. The book is perfectly equipped.
A. JOCKENHĂVEL: FrĂŒhe Zangen. [In German: Early tongs]. In: ArchĂ€ologie in Nassau. Neue Fundeund Befunde. Festschrift fĂŒr F.âR. Herrmann. Inst. fĂŒr ArchĂ€ologie, M. Laidorf, Espelkamp 2000, 91â102.Comments to the development of earliest metalworking tongs, pincers and pivotted tools.
K. NOVĂÄEK: NerostnĂ© suroviny stĆedovÄkĂœch Äech jako archeologickĂœ problĂ©m: bilance a perspektivyvĂœzkumu se zamÄĆenĂm na vĂœrobu a zpracovĂĄnĂ kovĆŻ. Summary: The mineral resources of medieval Bo-hemia as an archaeological problem: the state and perspectives of research into metal production andworking. ArcheologickĂ© rozhledy 53, Praha 2001, 279â309. P. 284: Innovation in iron metallurgy. Theiron production expelled from PragueâOld Town, the bloomery ironworks at ChĂœnice (central Bohemia).Reflections of various aspects of nonâferrous mining and metallurgy in Bohemia. On pp. 284â285 theauthor points attention to previously published results concerning the ceasing of activities connected withiron working in the Old Town of Prague during the 13th century when bloomery ironworks of traditionaltype produced iron in the environment of Prague (in the west and south).
PREHISTORIA 2000, Revue de lâUnion Internationale des Sciences PrĂ©historiques et Protohistoriques,UniversitĂ© de Gent, 1/2001. This volume has been prepared on the occasion of the XIVthe Congress ofthe UISPP at LiĂšge. Archaeometallurgy concern following contributions: R. Clayton: New developmentsin isotope archaeochemistry. A review of recent advances in transition and heavy metal isotope studiesand their application in archaeometallurgy, 51â61. R. Pleiner: Special Commitee: Ancient siderurgy,199â201. A report on activity of the ComitĂ© pour la sidĂ©rurgie ancienne de lâUISPP.
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THE INTRODUCTION OF IRON IN EURASIA. Uppsala October 4â8 2001. The National HeritageBoard Research Report RO105 (S. Forenius ed.), Uppsala 2001. Abstracts. Contents: L.âE. Englund:Bloomery Iron Working in GĂ€strikland, Sweden, 5â6. A. Espelund: A Critical Examination of Success-ful Bloomery Iron Making in the Past, with Emphasis on Metallurgical Theory and Find Material, 6â7.E. HjĂ€rtherâHoldar (Mrs): Bronze Age Iron Production in Sweden, 7â8. L. F. Stenvik: The Introductionof Iron in MidâNorway in PreâRoman Iron Age, 8. P. and S. Crew (Mrs): Laxton, Northants â LargeScale Iron Production in the Early Roman Period, 9. G. Gassmann: Actual Excavations at an Early CelticIron Smelting Settlement in the Swabian Mountains, Southern Germany, 10. G. McDonnell, S. Dockrilland J. Bond (Mrs): The Evidence for the Adoption and Use of Iron in the Northern Isles, with ParticularReference to Old Scatness Broch, Shetland, 10. M. van Nie: Iron Production in a Clay Envelope (Hen-gelo, The Netherlands, 11â15. A. SchĂ€fer and T. Stöllner: Early Metal Production in the Central Lahn Val-ley, Hesse, Central Germany, 16. E. Godfrey (Mrs), M. van Nie and G. McDonnell: Early Evidence forthe Use of Ultrahigh Carbon Steel in Europe, 17. M. Goodway (Mrs) and W. L. Elban: Wrought IronBridge Cable, 18. H. LyngstrĂžm: Early Iron Forging in Denmark. D. B. Wagner: The earliest use of ironin China. M. Gurin: The Introduction of Iron and the Development of Blacksmithâs Work in BelorussianPolesye, 20. L. Koryakova (Mrs), G. Beltikova (Mrs) and S. V. Kuzminykh: The Introduction of Iron Tech-nology in CentralâNorthern Eurasia (Eastern Europe, Ural and Western Siberia), 20â21. S. V. Kuzminykh:Iron in the Bronze Age Cultures of North Eurasia, 21. D. Nedopako: Iron Working in the TchernjchovSettlements in the Ukraine Territory, 24. T. A. Pushkina (Mrs) and L. S. Rozanova (Mrs): Black MetalProcessing in the Dnieper Basin Sites, Smolenski Region, in the 1st Millennium AD, 24. N. N. Terekhova(Mrs): The Earliest Tools of Meteorite Iron in the Territory of Russia. Y. Bassiakos and L. Grandin (Mrs):A Late Geometric Metal Working Centre in Asine, Argolid, Greece: Analysis and provenance, 25. E. Jar-va: Early Iron Working in Latium: The Case of Ficana, 25â26. M. Kostogolu (Mrs): Iron Production inAncient Greece: a Reâevaluation Based on new Evidence from Aegean Thrace, 26. Chr. Risberg (Mrs):Traces of Early Iron Production and Iron Working in Mainland and Aegean Greece, 27. R. Pleiner: Ironin Eurasian Bronze Ages, 28. Participants.
Z DÄJIN HUTNICTVĂ 30 [Contribution to the history of Metallurgy]. Rozpravy NĂĄrodnĂho technickĂ©homuzea v Praze 172. Praha 2001. Contribution dealing with early and medieval iron: I. LaboudkovĂĄ (Mrs):JubilejnĂ 40. seminĂĄĆ z dÄjin hutnictvĂ. Das 40. JubilĂ€umsseminar zur Geschichte des HĂŒttenwesens, 7â10.R. Pleiner: K ĆŸivotnĂmu jubileu Ing. ZdeĆka Rasla. J. HoĆĄek: Rozbor ĆŸeleznĂœch pĆedmÄtĆŻ z hradiĆĄtÄ Kal.A metallographic examination of iron artefacts from hillfort Kal, 17â27. Nine iron artefacts (knives, arrow-heads, fittings) from the 8th century AD hillfort Kal in NE Bohemia were metallographically investigated.Ironâtoâsteel welding, medium quality of objects. J. PetrĂk, Äœ. Mihok, K. FĂŒryovĂĄ (Mrs) and M. SolĂĄrikovĂĄ(Mrs). ArcheometalurgickĂĄ analĂœza trosky a ĆŸeleznĂœch predmetov z lokality ZaluĆŸanyâNemeĆĄany. Archaeo-metallurgical analysis of the iron objects from ZaluĆŸanyâNemeĆĄany, 21â33. The PCB slag cakes analysed,as well as two nails (ferrite and globular pearlite); the items come from an abandoned village (15th century)in N. Slovakia. J. PetrĂk and Äœ. Mihok: VĂœchodoslovenskĂ© sekery zo 14. aĆŸ 20. storoÄia. East Slovakian axesfrom the 14th to 20th century, 34â39. Nine axeheads from museum collection analysed (ironâtoâsteel weld-ing, heat treatment). Äœ. Mihok and R. VargovĂĄ (Mrs): MetalografickĂĄ analĂœza ĆŸeleznĂœch predmetov zo stre-dovekej dediny PavÄŸanyâKrĂgovce. Metallographische Analysen von EisengegenstĂ€nden aus dem mittel-alterlichen Dorf PavÄŸanyâKrĂgovce. Metallography of 17 iron objects (15th century AD) â horseâshoes,knives, a sickle, a nail, fittings etc., carburization, ironâtoâsteel welding and heat treatment of tools.
ZEITSCHRIFT ZUR GESCHICHTE DES BERGâ UND HĂTTENWESENS is the new title of the Fis-chbacher Hefte.zur Geschichte des Bergâ und HĂŒttenwesens, edited by the CharivariâVerlag, IdarâOber-stein, Germany. Volume 7/1 contains an article dealing with postâmedieval iron mines: H. Walling J. andHaneke: Die nassauâweiburgische Eisenrzgruben im sog. Burgenland vom Kirschheimvorland, 32â42.
B. Early iron as in other publications (2001)
SBORNĂK z konzervĂĄtorskĂ©ho a restaurĂĄtorskĂ©ho seminĂĄĆe, ÄeskĂ© BudÄjovice 2001 [Proceedings ofa conservation and restoration seminar at ÄeskĂ© BudÄjovice, Bohemia]. TechnickĂ© muzeum Brno 200l.
The conservation and investigation of early iron is treated in following contributions: A. SeluckĂĄ (Mrs),A. RichtrovĂĄ (Mrs) and M. HloĆŸek: Konzervace ĆŸeleznĂ©ho meÄe ULFBERHT. Conservation of an ironsword ULFBERHT, 65â68 (Summary 103â104). A grave find of the 9th century AD from Nemilany,northern Moravia with the swordsmithâs inscription, with textile and wood from the scabbard. Metallo-graphically, a weldingâon steel cuttingâedges were identified and mild quenchâhardening of the pointpart. A. DaĆkovĂĄ (Mrs): PrĆŻzkum archeologickĂœch pĆedmÄtĆŻ pĆed konzervacĂ â ĆŸeleznĂ© pĆedmÄty. Theresearch of archaeological iron objects. 79â82 (summary p104). A metallographic examination revealedcoldâhammering of a 14th century iron helmet, and of a 16th century steel sword from collections of theMuseum at PodÄbrady, Bohemia. D. PerlĂk: Vliv plazmy na metalografii a deinozaci ĆŸeleznĂœch archeo-logickĂœch nĂĄlezĆŻ. The effect of plasma on metallography of archaeological iron objects, 89â95, summa-ry p. 105. The hydrogen plasma treatment carried out at 150â200 °C during 5 hours does not influenceheat treatment structures of steels.
N. VENCLOVĂ (Mrs): VĂœroba a sĂdla v dobÄ latĂ©nskĂ©. Projekt LodÄnice. Summary in English: Productionand settlement: The LodÄnice project, central Bohemia. Inst. of Archaeol. Prague 2001. This monographdeals with the results of a longâterm research project pointing in the La TĂšne period settlement in the re-gion of the LodÄnice basin, known especially due to the production of sapropelite bracelets, exported toa great part of Europe. Iron is treated in chapters: 7.4 Specialized production II: Iron production, 296â297(the pagination concerns the summary). Eighteen sites revealed traces of iron production. Raw materialsources: pelosiderite ore (M. MalkovskĂœ). The problem of the Cenomanian ferrugineous sandstone.Bloomery ironworks at MĆĄec, bloomery smelting at MĆĄeckĂ© Ćœehrovice. Production calculated. No cur-rency bars neither in the environment, nor in Bohemia. 7.5 Specialized production III: Iron working,297â298. A smithy at MĆĄec III closely bound to the bloomery ironwork.
Acknowledgement: The Editor thanks all colleaques who provided him with information on their work inprogress and publications, which could be quoted here. Peter Crew, Meantwrong, kindly read the manu-script of this issue.
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