Naslov
In which part of the year did the iron smelting in the Drava valley occur?

Autori
Valent, Ivan ; Sekelj Ivančan, Tajana ; Šoštarić, Renata

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countryside : Ruralia XIII / Dixon, Piers ; Theune, Claudia - : Sidestone Press, 2019, 17-17

ISBN
978-9-464-27010-5

Skup
The Ruralia XIII Conference: Seasonal Settlement in the Medieval and Early Modern Countrysid

Mjesto i datum
Stirling, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 09.09.2019. - 15.09.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
river Drava valley ; bog iron ore ; furnace ; smelting ; workshop ; archaeobotany

Sažetak
During extensive field surveys conducted in one part of the river Drava valley numerous positions of iron smelting workshops have been recognised. For the past ten years several of these smelting workshops, dated to Late Antiquity and Early Medieval period, have been excavated. It was realised that the furnaces were not isolated in the landscape but that they were positioned in close vicinity of settlements, always by a creek, on a small slope and within a landscape that retains water which allows the accumulation of bog iron ore in the soil. Due to the fact that the smelting process is a highly complicated process that requires good preparation as well as god execution it is believed that the process was conducted during summer and early fall. Reasons for such a presumption lye in the fact that before the smelting process could even begin necessary preparations which included collection of ore and wood, drying of logs and the preparation of charcoal, which were essential for the process, could not have been met. Furthermore, archaeobotanical evidence found within the walls of one furnace, suggest the same hypothesis.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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