Irish Copper Axe-Ingots Recovered in Brittany: Experimental Casting to Recreate Porous Material

The present study discusses the casting of copper axe-ingots in open, wet sand moulds, in an attempt to recreate porous artefacts that have been recovered in Brittany, France. The original axe-ingots are considered to be Irish copper metalwork from the Early Bonze Age. However, these artefacts are n...

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Autor principal:	Aurélien Burlot
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Publicado:	EXARC 2021
Materias:	copper bronze age france axe ireland casting Museums. Collectors and collecting AM1-501 Archaeology CC1-960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d1906656f3de44968788423491f9e9bc2021-12-01T14:42:35ZIrish Copper Axe-Ingots Recovered in Brittany: Experimental Casting to Recreate Porous Material2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/d1906656f3de44968788423491f9e9bc2021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10553https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956The present study discusses the casting of copper axe-ingots in open, wet sand moulds, in an attempt to recreate porous artefacts that have been recovered in Brittany, France. The original axe-ingots are considered to be Irish copper metalwork from the Early Bonze Age. However, these artefacts are not finished objects and are poorly cast. This nevertheless appears to be deliberate because, as it has been argued (see Gandois et al., 2019; Burlot, 2019), they consisted of copper ingots designed to be re-melted and alloyed with tin to create bronze objects. These axe-ingots are porous, and present many imperfections, and some of them have perforations running through their entire thickness. The aim of the experiment is to recreate the porosity and some of the perforations present on those artefacts.Aurélien BurlotEXARCarticlecopperbronze agefranceaxeirelandcastingMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2021/1 (2021)
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description	The present study discusses the casting of copper axe-ingots in open, wet sand moulds, in an attempt to recreate porous artefacts that have been recovered in Brittany, France. The original axe-ingots are considered to be Irish copper metalwork from the Early Bonze Age. However, these artefacts are not finished objects and are poorly cast. This nevertheless appears to be deliberate because, as it has been argued (see Gandois et al., 2019; Burlot, 2019), they consisted of copper ingots designed to be re-melted and alloyed with tin to create bronze objects. These axe-ingots are porous, and present many imperfections, and some of them have perforations running through their entire thickness. The aim of the experiment is to recreate the porosity and some of the perforations present on those artefacts.
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title	Irish Copper Axe-Ingots Recovered in Brittany: Experimental Casting to Recreate Porous Material
title_short	Irish Copper Axe-Ingots Recovered in Brittany: Experimental Casting to Recreate Porous Material
title_full	Irish Copper Axe-Ingots Recovered in Brittany: Experimental Casting to Recreate Porous Material
title_fullStr	Irish Copper Axe-Ingots Recovered in Brittany: Experimental Casting to Recreate Porous Material
title_full_unstemmed	Irish Copper Axe-Ingots Recovered in Brittany: Experimental Casting to Recreate Porous Material
title_sort	irish copper axe-ingots recovered in brittany: experimental casting to recreate porous material
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Irish Copper Axe-Ingots Recovered in Brittany: Experimental Casting to Recreate Porous Material

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