Format:
1 online resource (422 pages)
ISBN:
9789004436930
Series Statement:
East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 Ser.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 History of the Research -- 1 Discovery of the First Tombs with Tools -- 2 The History of Research regarding Burials with Tools (First Half of the 20th Century) -- 3 The Status of Early Medieval Craftsmen in European Historiography -- 4 Graves with Tools in Early Medieval Europe. The Case of the Avar Qaganate -- 5 Tools in Assemblages of the Forest-Steppe Belt of Eastern Europe -- 6 Early Medieval Metalworking in the Literature Published in Romania after World War II -- 6.1 Finds from Walachia -- 6.2 Finds from Transylvania and Banat -- 6.3 Finds from Moldavia -- Chapter 2 The Archaeology of Metalworking -- 1 Workshops -- 1.1 Transylvania -- 1.2 Walachia and Oltenia -- 1.3 Moldavia -- 2 Graves -- 3 Hoards -- 4 Isolated (Stray) Finds -- 5 Workshops or Funerary Contexts - an Indicator of a Different Cultural Behavior -- Chapter 3 Sources of Raw Materials -- 1 Extraction and Reduction of Iron Ore -- 1.1 Exploitation of Iron Deposits -- 1.2 Smelting in Furnaces -- 1.3 Ore Reduction in Clay Vessels -- 1.4 Ore Reduction in Pits -- 2 Alloys -- 3 Precious Metals -- 3.1 Byzantine Gold and Silver North of the Danube -- 4 Trade as a Possible Source of Raw Material -- Chapter 4 Metallurgical Technologies -- 1 Metalworking Techniques -- 1.1 Forging -- 1.2 Slitting, Piercing, Riveting -- 2 Techniques of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy -- 2.1 Hammering, Chiseling and Polishing -- 2.2 Engraving, Punching, Stamping -- Chapter 5 Special Technological Methods for the Manufacture of Clothing and Harness Accessories Made of Non-Ferrous Metals -- 1 Pressing on Dies -- 2 Casting in Molds and Casting by the "Lost Wax" Method -- 3 Granulation and Filigree -- 4 Silver and Niello Inlaying -- 5 Gilding -- 6 Stones and Glass Inserts -- Chapter 6 The Tools -- 1 Pliers -- 2 Hammers -- 3 Anvils -- 4 Drills.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004380370
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004380370
Language:
English
