Observations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology

In spite of the very large quantity of Bronze Age swords in Northern Italy, only a few stone moulds have been found. Tests have shown that carving such big stone moulds (more than 60 cm long) requires a large amount of raw material, deep knowledge and skill, rather than a wide set of implements. It...

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Autores principales:	Luca Pellegrini, Federico Scacchetti
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Publicado:	EXARC 2014
Materias:	sword bronze casting bronze age italy Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:98a838bb143b41a2a2454d12f1285faf2021-12-01T14:42:31ZObservations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/98a838bb143b41a2a2454d12f1285faf2014-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10143https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956In spite of the very large quantity of Bronze Age swords in Northern Italy, only a few stone moulds have been found. Tests have shown that carving such big stone moulds (more than 60 cm long) requires a large amount of raw material, deep knowledge and skill, rather than a wide set of implements. It has also been shown experimentally that the long sandstone sword moulds, especially in regards to blade details, are affected by the fragility of the material, when the stone comes in contact with the flowing melted bronze. These reasons could mean that the moulds were made with other materials and through other techniques that have not left a visible (or identified?) trace on metallurgical sites, as other authors have already suggested (cfr. Ottaway and Wang 2004). A team of archaeologists and craftspeople is now working on sand casting method.Luca PellegriniFederico ScacchettiEXARCarticleswordbronzecastingbronze ageitalyMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2014/1 (2014)
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description	In spite of the very large quantity of Bronze Age swords in Northern Italy, only a few stone moulds have been found. Tests have shown that carving such big stone moulds (more than 60 cm long) requires a large amount of raw material, deep knowledge and skill, rather than a wide set of implements. It has also been shown experimentally that the long sandstone sword moulds, especially in regards to blade details, are affected by the fragility of the material, when the stone comes in contact with the flowing melted bronze. These reasons could mean that the moulds were made with other materials and through other techniques that have not left a visible (or identified?) trace on metallurgical sites, as other authors have already suggested (cfr. Ottaway and Wang 2004). A team of archaeologists and craftspeople is now working on sand casting method.
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title	Observations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology
title_short	Observations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology
title_full	Observations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology
title_fullStr	Observations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology
title_full_unstemmed	Observations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology
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Observations on Italian Bronze Age Sword Production: The Archaeological Record and Experimental Archaeology

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