Essays about: "Medieval iron production"
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1. Judging a loaf by its appearance : A protocol to study bread and bread-like fragments based on the study cases of Gamla Uppsala, Valsgärde, and Gnista
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : Bread is an important cultural and social marker, and it occurs in many contexts, often preserved as carbonised. However, as bread fragments are typically small and anonymous, their total value of them is not appreciated. Often bread material is grouped simply as organic and not considered. READ MORE
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2. Iron Pieces from The Copper Wreck : An archaeometallurgical analysis of iron bars, billets and osmund iron found in Gdansk, Poland
University essay from KTH/MaterialvetenskapAbstract : The topic of osmund iron is of great interest in both historical and metallurgical perspective. Between the 14th and the 17th century osmund iron was exported extensively from Sweden but it has been difficult to characterize and confirm what exactly osmund iron is. READ MORE
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3. Metallurgical analysis of some osmund iron from Sweden and Estonia : A short historical review of medieval iron production and export
University essay from KTH/MaterialvetenskapAbstract : During the Middle Ages, Sweden was a coveted exporter of high-quality iron in Europe. Bloomery furnaces could have produced osmund iron. However, most osmund iron was produced in blast furnaces. The iron was then treated in the finery process and cut into pieces. READ MORE
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4. From Bloomery Furnace to Blast Furnace : Archeometallurgical Analysis of Medieval Iron Objects From Sigtuna and Lapphyttan, Sverige
University essay from KTH/MaterialvetenskapAbstract : During the Early Middle Ages, the iron production in Sweden depended on the bloomery furnace, which up to that point was well established as the only way to produce iron. Around the Late Middle Ages, the blast furnace was introduced in Sweden. READ MORE
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5. Routes of Iron - Least Cost Path Analysis of the Possible Routes and Ways in which Iron was Transported during the Later Part of Iron Age in Scania, Halland and Småland
University essay from Lunds universitet/ArkeologiAbstract : Iron is an important material in the study of societies of the Iron Age and later periods. Not only does it give its name to the period it was also an integrated part in every humans’ life from the Iron Age and forward. And yet this material is many times just assumed to be there without much consideration of how it got there. READ MORE
