Scales and spheres
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Published
Nov 8, 2021
Abstract
In archaeological contexts hammerscale and slag spheres (spheroidal hammerscale) are indicative of iron smithing. Often they are not considered to hold any other information, but scale and spheres are the result of a number of different processes, and analyses can provide more detailed information on the type of work that was going on in a smithy. This paper provides a brief overview of the study of samples from 18 smithies in Denmark, Norway and Sweden dating from the Iron Age to the 18th century. A total of around 2000 hammerscale fragments, and 800 slag spheres, have so far been analysed.
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Jouttijärvi A 2007, Smedjen fra Klosterbakken. Unpublished Heimdal-archaeometry report.
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Jouttijärvi A 2009b, Analyse af jordprøver fra lund ved Horsens (HOM2109). Unpublished Heimdal-archaeometry report.
Jouttijärvi A 2010a, Analyse af jordprøver og slagge fra en smedje (Fors 28). Unpublished Heimdal-archaeometry report.
Jouttijärvi, A 2010b, Smedens bygninger. En række rum fra jernalderen til 1700‐tallet; in H Lyngstrøm (ed), Smedens Rum 1, Værkstedet (Copenhagen: Arkæologiske Skrifter 9), 137–152.
Jouttijärvi A 2013, ‘Iron and processes in Scandinavian blacksmithing workshops from the Iron Age to the 14th century’, in J Humphris and Th Rehren (eds), The world of iron (London), 402–408.
Kapp L, Kapp H and Yoshihara Y 1987, The craft of the Japanese sword (Tokyo).
Lyngstrøm H 2010, ‘Mellem esse og ambolt ‐ dynamiske processer fanget i et eksperimentel‐arkæologisk kildemateriale’, in H Lyngstrøm (ed), Smedens Rum 1, Værkstedet (Copenhagen: Arkæologiske Skrifter 9), 123–136.
Poulsen‐Hansen K M 2010, ‘Et forsøg på forståelse af smedjerne fra Guldagers opbygning’, in H Lyngstrøm (ed), Smedens Rum 1, Værkstedet (Copenhagen: Arkæologiske Skrifter 9), 59–68.
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Jouttijärvi, A. (2021). Scales and spheres. Historical Metallurgy, 48(1 & 2), 41-46. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/88
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Jouttijärvi, A. (2021). Scales and spheres. Historical Metallurgy, 48(1 & 2), 41-46. https://www.hmsjournal.org/index.php/home/article/view/88