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Craftsmen and Jewelers in the Middle and Lower Danube Region (6th to 7th Centuries)

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tănase, Daniela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, 2020.
Colección:East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Figures
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 History of the Research
  • 1 Discovery of the First Tombs with Tools
  • 2 The History of Research regarding Burials with Tools (First Half of the 20th Century)
  • 3 The Status of Early Medieval Craftsmen in European Historiography
  • 4 Graves with Tools in Early Medieval Europe. The Case of the Avar Qaganate
  • 5 Tools in Assemblages of the Forest-Steppe Belt of Eastern Europe
  • 6 Early Medieval Metalworking in the Literature Published in Romania after World War II
  • 6.1 Finds from Walachia
  • 6.2 Finds from Transylvania and Banat
  • 6.3 Finds from Moldavia
  • Chapter 2 The Archaeology of Metalworking
  • 1 Workshops
  • 1.1 Transylvania
  • 1.2 Walachia and Oltenia
  • 1.3 Moldavia
  • 2 Graves
  • 3 Hoards
  • 4 Isolated (Stray) Finds
  • 5 Workshops or Funerary Contexts
  • an Indicator of a Different Cultural Behavior
  • Chapter 3 Sources of Raw Materials
  • 1 Extraction and Reduction of Iron Ore
  • 1.1 Exploitation of Iron Deposits
  • 1.2 Smelting in Furnaces
  • 1.3 Ore Reduction in Clay Vessels
  • 1.4 Ore Reduction in Pits
  • 2 Alloys
  • 3 Precious Metals
  • 3.1 Byzantine Gold and Silver North of the Danube
  • 4 Trade as a Possible Source of Raw Material
  • Chapter 4 Metallurgical Technologies
  • 1 Metalworking Techniques
  • 1.1 Forging
  • 1.2 Slitting, Piercing, Riveting
  • 2 Techniques of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy
  • 2.1 Hammering, Chiseling and Polishing
  • 2.2 Engraving, Punching, Stamping
  • Chapter 5 Special Technological Methods for the Manufacture of Clothing and Harness Accessories Made of Non-Ferrous Metals
  • 1 Pressing on Dies
  • 2 Casting in Molds and Casting by the "Lost Wax" Method
  • 3 Granulation and Filigree
  • 4 Silver and Niello Inlaying
  • 5 Gilding
  • 6 Stones and Glass Inserts
  • Chapter 6 The Tools
  • 1 Pliers
  • 2 Hammers
  • 3 Anvils
  • 4 Drills
  • 5 Wire-Drawing Plate (or Nail-Making Tool)
  • 6 Tools for Making Nails and Rivets
  • 7 Files
  • 8 Engraving Tools
  • 9 Chisels
  • 10 Punches
  • 11 Mandrels
  • 12 Tweezers
  • 13 Bone Dies
  • 14 Metal Patterns
  • 14.1 Imprinting Models
  • 14.2 Pressing Dies with Incised Decoration
  • 14.3 Pressing Dies with Embossed Decoration
  • 15 Ladles
  • 15.1 Metal Ladles
  • 15.2 Clay Ladles
  • 16 Crucibles
  • 16.1 Cup-Shaped Crucibles
  • 16.2 Round-Rimmed Crucibles with Rounded Bottoms
  • 16.3 Crucibles with Trefoil-Shaped Openings and Rounded Bottoms
  • 16.4 Crucibles with Rounded Bottoms and Pouring Spouts
  • 17 Clay Molds
  • 17.1 Molds for Earrings, Beads and Mounts
  • 17.2 Mold for Pendants
  • 18 Stone Molds
  • 18.1 Molds for Earring Accessories
  • 18.2 Molds for Casting Cross-Shaped Pendants and Mounts
  • 18.3 Molds for Pendants
  • 18.4 Molds for Belt Buckles and Mounts
  • 18.5 Patterns Preserved in Fragmentary Form
  • Chapter 7 The Ornamentation of the Dies and of Contemporaneous Dress Accessories