Overview

Metalworkers and their Tools brings together 12 papers by 22 authors from the “Metools” international symposium organised in at Queens University, Belfast in June 2016 as part of the HardRock project “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: context, function, and choice of early metalworking tools on Europe’s Atlantic façade” (Marie Skłodowska Curie, No. 623392) and the “Metal Ages in Europe” commission of the International Union of Pre- and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP). Its aim was to shine a spotlight on the tools of the metalworker and to follow their evolution from the beginning of the Bronze Age through to the Iron Age, as well as the place held by metalworking and its artisans in the economic and social landscape of the period.

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Author:   Linda Boutoille (Research Fellow, Queen's University, Belfast) ,  Rebecca Peake (Senior Project Manager, INRAP)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress Archaeology
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781803276243

ISBN 10:   180327624
Pages:   186
Publication Date:   30 November 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Metallurgy; Metalworker; Tools; Lithic Tools; Metal Tools; Workshop; Bronze; Copper; Gold; Iron; Metal Ages; Bronze Age; Iron Age; United Kingdom; France; Germany; Corsica; Spain; Italy; Scandinavia Le métallurgiste et ses outils : symboliques, fonctions, et techniques durant l’âge du Bronze et l’âge du Fer   Fine metalworking tools and workshops in Western and Northern Europe. A diachronic consideration – Barbara Armbruster   A Macroscopic and 3D Morphometric Study of Prehistoric Mining Tools from the Lower Segura Valley, Southeast Spain – Scott Ingram and Dirk Brandherm   Minimum Tools Required: A system for organising the metalsmith’s workshop – E. Giovanna Fregni   Hammers of the Gods: the role of metalworking tools in the Interpretation of hoards in Late Bronze Age Britain – E. Giovanna Fregni   The concept and meaning of tools: functional aspects and social implications – Bianka Nessel   Le discret atelier de bronzier du XIIe siècle avant notre ère de la « Rue du Bouquet » à Montélimar (Drôme) : protocole de fouille et premiers résultats – Sylvie Cousseran-Néré, Eric Néré, Marilou Nordez avec la collaboration de Linda Boutoille   Experimental Casting Pit for Bronze Items. A Preliminary Study – Alessandro Armigliato   Des outils lithiques liés à la déformation plastique des métaux sur le site de Cuciurpula (Corse, Bronze final/premier âge du Fer) ?  – Linda Boutoille et Kewin Peche-Quilichini   La forge hallstattienne de Weyersheim (Bas-Rhin, France) - Hallstatt D3/La Tène ancienne – Michler Matthieu, Jodry Florent, Badey Sylvain, Clerc Patrick avec la collaboration de Bérranger Marion, Cabboï Luisella, Van ES Marieke   Embossed Ornaments on Gold Objects of the Early Iron Age in South-West Germany – Tools and Experimental Work – Birgit Schorer   Artisans du métal et pratiques rituelles non funéraires à l’époque laténienne : le cas de la Gaule du Ve av. J.-C. à la conquête romaine – Thibault Le Cozanet, Gérard Bataille   Tracing Multimetal Craftsmanship through Metallurgical debris – Open-air workshops and multimetality in Late Iron Age Scandinavia – Andreas Svensson

Reviews

‘The spread of different topics delivers many interesting aspects of metalworking and is clearly explained by the many experienced scholars. I highly recommend this book and hope it finds a wide use for anyone interested in tracing metalworkers of the Bronze and Iron Ages. Highlighting the use of stone tools is very welcome and needed, as their importance has long been overlooked.’ – Marion Uckelmann (2024): Antiquity Vol. 98, New Book Chronicle

Author Information

Linda Boutoille has a PhD in archaeology from the Université de Bourgogne and is currently Research Fellow based at Queen’s University. She has held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, a Royal Irish Academy Research Grant, a British Academy Research Grant and more recently a Gerda Henkel Research Grant. Her main research interests lie with both the technological and organisational aspects of prehistoric craft activities, and of Bronze Age metalwork production in particular. Rebecca Peake has a PhD in archaeology from the Université de Bourgogne and is currently a senior project manager with the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) and a member of the research team UMR 6298 of CNRS. Her published work focuses on interpretative approaches to land occupation and funerary practices in the Bronze and the Early Iron Ages.

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