To Use or Not to Use a Minoan Chisel? Ancient Technology in a New Light

The Minoan chisel is thought to have been used by the metal worker, the stone mason, the sculptor, the carpenter, and the ivory and bone worker. However, barely any work has been conducted to substantiate the different workers and their chisels. For example, the different materials used by the propo...

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Autor principal:	Maria Lowe Fri
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	EXARC 2014
Materias:	stone working limestone sculpture carving bronze age greece Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:78cd10c6d980424fa5267b7d143228972021-12-01T14:42:31ZTo Use or Not to Use a Minoan Chisel? Ancient Technology in a New Light2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/78cd10c6d980424fa5267b7d143228972014-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10158https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956The Minoan chisel is thought to have been used by the metal worker, the stone mason, the sculptor, the carpenter, and the ivory and bone worker. However, barely any work has been conducted to substantiate the different workers and their chisels. For example, the different materials used by the proposed workers indicate that use-wear on the cutting edges probably are of diverse characters depending on the different grade of hardness of the material worked on. To add to this, there have been extremely few experiments conducted with bronze chisels, which could give some indications of use and users. This article aims to disentangle questions regarding the chisels and the working of stone by addressing two issues: The use of chisels on stone during the Minoan period and experimental work with replicas in order to investigate if the bronze chisels were suitable as stone working tools.Maria Lowe FriEXARCarticlestone workinglimestonesculpturecarvingbronze agegreeceMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2014/2 (2014)
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description	The Minoan chisel is thought to have been used by the metal worker, the stone mason, the sculptor, the carpenter, and the ivory and bone worker. However, barely any work has been conducted to substantiate the different workers and their chisels. For example, the different materials used by the proposed workers indicate that use-wear on the cutting edges probably are of diverse characters depending on the different grade of hardness of the material worked on. To add to this, there have been extremely few experiments conducted with bronze chisels, which could give some indications of use and users. This article aims to disentangle questions regarding the chisels and the working of stone by addressing two issues: The use of chisels on stone during the Minoan period and experimental work with replicas in order to investigate if the bronze chisels were suitable as stone working tools.
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To Use or Not to Use a Minoan Chisel? Ancient Technology in a New Light

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