Erzbergbau im Böhmisch-Mährischen Bergland
Ore Mining in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands
Author(s): Petr HrubýSubject(s): Archaeology, Economic history, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: mining and finishing technologies; ore mining; silver; lead; mining colonisation; structure of the landscape;
Summary/Abstract: The article addresses three examples of deserted medieval mining complexes in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands in the context of the medieval mining industry. An important part in the interdisciplinary research was played by the natural-science analytical methods of geochemistry, dendrochronology and paleobotany. Current mining archaeology of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands relies on emergency research. Research and documentation of the subterranean mining works are lacking so far. Research of the surface buildings allows a very detailed study of the finishing technologies as well as of the infrastructure and logistics of mining and metallurgical equipment of the 13th century.
Journal: Praehistorica
- Issue Year: 31/2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 679-705
- Page Count: 27
- Language: German