Scandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?

Since the 1940s we have had a discussion in Scandinavia concerning ancient mould-making methods. The question of different methods in the production of ceramic moulds has taken a large part in these discussions; by lost wax or by direct matrix-methods. This study gives a brief background to the subj...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bd1a1e32d0e34c4ea84b3e25a80a13902021-12-01T14:42:30ZScandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/bd1a1e32d0e34c4ea84b3e25a80a13902012-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10082https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956Since the 1940s we have had a discussion in Scandinavia concerning ancient mould-making methods. The question of different methods in the production of ceramic moulds has taken a large part in these discussions; by lost wax or by direct matrix-methods. This study gives a brief background to the subject and presents the results of a small series of experiments, related to questions concerning the methods used at the Migration/Merovinginan Period workshops at Helgö, Sweden. The study claims that lost wax-methods could have been used at Helgö to a larger extent than claimed earlier. This conclusion however does not exclude possible use of direct matrix-methods.Anders SöderbergEXARCarticlebronzemetallurgyjewelleryceramicsiron ageviking agedenmarknorwayswedenthe netherlandsMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2012/3 (2012)
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collection DOAJ
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topic bronze
metallurgy
jewellery
ceramics
iron age
viking age
denmark
norway
sweden
the netherlands
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle bronze
metallurgy
jewellery
ceramics
iron age
viking age
denmark
norway
sweden
the netherlands
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Anders Söderberg
Scandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?
description Since the 1940s we have had a discussion in Scandinavia concerning ancient mould-making methods. The question of different methods in the production of ceramic moulds has taken a large part in these discussions; by lost wax or by direct matrix-methods. This study gives a brief background to the subject and presents the results of a small series of experiments, related to questions concerning the methods used at the Migration/Merovinginan Period workshops at Helgö, Sweden. The study claims that lost wax-methods could have been used at Helgö to a larger extent than claimed earlier. This conclusion however does not exclude possible use of direct matrix-methods.
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author Anders Söderberg
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title Scandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?
title_short Scandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?
title_full Scandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?
title_fullStr Scandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?
title_full_unstemmed Scandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?
title_sort scandinavian iron age and early medieval ceramic moulds - lost wax or not or both?
publisher EXARC
publishDate 2012
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