Traces of a “new” Metalcraft Specialisation: A unique Late Bronze Age Burial at Karzec Cemetery-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Traces of a “new” Metalcraft Specialisation: A unique Late Bronze Age Burial at Karzec Cemetery

Published:2023-09-15 Issue:2 Volume:98 Page:603-629
ISSN:1613-0804
Container-title:Praehistorische Zeitschrift
language:en
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Author:

Stróżyk Mateusz¹,Garbacz-Klempka Aldona²,Wardas-Lasoń Marta³,Silska Patrycja⁴,Wrzesińska Anna⁵

Affiliation:

1. Archaeological Museum in Poznań Department of Prehistoric Archaeology ul. Wodna 27 Poznań Poland

2. AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Foundry Engineering, Historical Layers Research Centre Reymonta 23 Krakow Poland

3. AGH University of Science and Technology Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Historical Layers Research Centre Al. Mickiewicza 30 Krakow Poland

4. Archaeological Museum in Poznań Department of Prehistoric Archaeology, ul. Wodna 27 Poznań Poland

5. Museum of the First Piasts at Lednica Dziekanowice 32 Lednogóra Poland

Abstract

Abstract This paper will discuss the results of material science analyses of artefacts from grave no. 89 in Karzec, Central Poland, that were discovered in 1959. The obtained results will be interpreted in the context of the possibility of a ‘new’ specialisation within the metallurgical workshop of the Lusatian people of the Late Bronze Age – a mouldmaker/moulder. In many terms, the grave at Karzec is a unique object for the study of Bronze Age metallurgy, as it contained not only two complete stone casting moulds but also pre-prepared raw material for the production of another mould as well as other metalworking objects. Despite this fact, it has yet to be the subject of a detailed analysis.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Archeology,Archeology

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pz-2023-2025/pdf