Naslov
A smithy at Tarovec (St. Blek, Tar-Vabriga)? Identification, chronology, and workshop features

Autori
Konestra, Ana ; Cirelli, Enrico ; Benčić, Gaetano ; Šiljeg, Bartul ; Zubin Ferri, Tea

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

Izvornik
Secrets of iron - from raw material to an iron object, Book of abstracts / Sekelj Ivančan, Tajana - Zagreb : Institut za arheologiju, 2020, 24-25

ISBN
978-953-6064-57-1

Skup
7th International Conference on Mediaeval archaeology, Secrets of iron: from raw material to an iron object

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 10.09.2020. - 11.09.2020

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Recenziran

Ključne riječi
St. Blek Tar-Vabriga/Torre-Abrega ; smithy workshop ; SEM-EDS ; post Roman ; early Medieval

Sažetak
At St. Blek (Tar-Vabriga/Torre-Abrega, Istria, Croatia), remains of a Roman rural site that developed into a village in the Middle Ages have been studied from 2008. Traces of pyrotechnological activities belonging to a post- Antiquity phase were identified in 2011 to the south of the central tower/building, a still preserved several meters high structure, and within the perimeter of a later annexed room flanking the then de-functionalised Roman cistern. These included layers of ash, black silty soil, burnt soil, and possibly remains of installations that could be connected, due to the numerous lumps of slag, to a metalworking craft. Recently, the area to the west of the described sector was excavated, again yielding similar traces, in particular lumps of slag and localised ash layers. In order to define the typology of the metalworking taking place at the site, three types of identified slug lumps have been analysed using SEM-EDS. Also, a re-evaluation of the layout of features, as well as the results of new excavations, helped in proposing a reconstruction of the supposed smithy. Lastly, a coin find from recent excavations, datable to the 11th - 12th cent., provides a TAQ for the establishment and functioning of the workshop. While some questions are still open, wider analogies, as well as those within the Istrian peninsula, allow us to propose a model of craft organisation connected to postRoman/early Medieval metalworking in rural areas.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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