A Group Of Bronze Age Socketed Hammers / Beating Fists From The Lower Danube And Northern Black Sea Area Cover Image

A Group Of Bronze Age Socketed Hammers / Beating Fists From The Lower Danube And Northern Black Sea Area
A Group Of Bronze Age Socketed Hammers / Beating Fists From The Lower Danube And Northern Black Sea Area

Author(s): Oliver Dietrich, Sorin Cristian Ailincăi
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Institutul de Cercetari Eco-Muzeale Tulcea - Institutul de Istorie si Arheologie
Keywords: Late Bronze Age; Metallurgy; Lower Danube; Northern Black Sea area; beating fist; socketed hammer; metal vessels; Bronz târziu; metalurgie; Dunărea de Jos; aria nord-pontică; nicovală de ambutisare; celt-ciocan; vase de metal;

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses a group of three Late Bronze Age objects, whose functionality has been subject to various interpretations. A new identification as specialized socketed hammers or beating fists for sheet metal working and bronze vessel production is proposed. Thus the range of specialized metalworkers’ tools enlarged by a type that so far was apparently missing from the archaeological record of southeastern Europe. Rezumat: În studiul de faţă se discută un grup de trei obiecte din bronzul târziu, cărora până în prezent le-au fost atribuite funcţionalităţi diferite în literatura de specialitate. Se propune o nouă interpretarea acestor obiecte, ca celturi-ciocane sau nicovale de ambutisare pentru prelucrarea tablei şi a vaselor de metal, prin aceasta lărgindu-se spectrul uneltelor de prelucrare a metalului din Europa de sud-est cu un tip, care până acum lipsea din inventarul arheologic.

  • Issue Year: X/2012
  • Issue No: 10
  • Page Range: 9-19
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English