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In Craftsmen and Jewelers in the Middle and Lower Danube Region (6th to 7th Centuries) Daniela Tanase examines the practice of metalworking with the aim of comparing the archaeological evidence of different peoples in the Middle and Lower Danube in the Early Middle Ages, with a particular focus on blacksmithing, goldsmithing and burial customs. Evidence suggests that the distinction between these specialties was quite fluid, so blacksmiths could craft jewelery, while jewelers were able to create tools and weapons. The study also reveals how the production process and the main techniques employed by craftsmen for the ornamentation of dress and accessories were subject to multiple influences, from Byzantium, the eastern steppe, and the Merovingian kingdoms.

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recomand lucrarea Danielei Tanase tuturor celor interesati de cercetarea mestesugurilor prelucrarii metalelor si confectionarii bijuteriilor la inceputul Evului Mediu timpuriu. Metodologia cercetarii, tipologia propusa si modul de realizare a acestei monografii poate fi considerat un exemplu de cercetare complexa a unui domeniu de activitate economica a comunitatilor din sec. VI-VII - materie prima, instrumente, tehnici si tehnologii de producere, bunuri produse si functionalitatea lor etc. Sergiu Musteata, in Plural, 9 (1), 2021. I recommend Daniela Tanase's book to all those interested in metalworking and jewelry production in the early Middle Ages. Her methodology, the proposed typology and the organization of this monograph may be given as an example of a complex investigation of the economic activities of the 6th- and 7th-century communities, from raw materials, tools, techniques and production technologies to final products and their functions.

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Daniela Tanase, Ph.D. (2006), Institute of Archaeology Vasile Parvan Bucharest, is an archaeologist at National Museum of Banat Timisoara. She has published articles, book chapters, and monographs on archaeology from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

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