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The lack of historically known tin deposits in Poland requires that the source of tin metal in ancient artifacts must be derived from foreign sources. To identify these external sources in the Viking Period, a combination of Pb and Sn... more
The lack of historically known tin deposits in Poland requires that the source of tin metal in ancient artifacts must be derived from foreign sources. To identify these external sources in the Viking Period, a combination of Pb and Sn isotope compositions and trace element analyses on a group of tin and tin rich alloys from three settlements in Poland was conducted. The integration of the chemical techniques reveals several sources for the tin rich artifacts, where group: 1) possesses Pb isotope values that overlap the Europe array which possess the highest (+1.6 ‰) and lowest (− 1.1 ‰) Sn isotope values coupled with elevated In concentrations 2) has Pb isotope values that overlap the Slovakian array which possess lower Sn isotope values (+0.1 ‰ to + 0.3 ‰) coupled with low In and Te concentrations 3) has a Pb isotope value that is radiogenic which possesses a high Sn isotope value (+1.1 ‰). Group 1 artifacts are split into two sources designated by the higher Sn isotope values from Cornwall and the lower Sn isotope values from Brittany and are found in the two coastal settlements. Group two artifacts match a Slovakian origin, while one artifact labeled in group three possesses an Anatolian source. Defining the tin rich artifact sources allows constraint of the tin sources for the mixed alloys like bronze and pewter. In this instance the tin isotope values fall within two sources defined by the tin metal artifacts, Brittany and Cornwall. The chemical approach presented here defines distal metal sources to reveal a geographically expansive interconnected tin trade network that was predominantly European, in Viking times through chemical analysis of ornaments, coins, and beads.
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The lack of historically known tin deposits in Poland requires that the source of tin metal in ancient artifacts must be derived from foreign sources. To identify these external sources in the Viking Period, a combination of Pb and Sn... more
The lack of historically known tin deposits in Poland requires that the source of tin metal in ancient artifacts must be derived from foreign sources. To identify these external sources in the Viking Period, a combination of Pb and Sn isotope compositions and trace element analyses on a group of tin and tin rich alloys from three settlements in Poland was conducted. The integration of the chemical techniques reveals several sources for the tin rich artifacts, where group: 1) possesses Pb isotope values that overlap the Europe array which possess the highest (+1.6 ‰) and lowest (− 1.1 ‰) Sn isotope values coupled with elevated In concentrations 2) has Pb isotope values that overlap the Slovakian array which possess lower Sn isotope values (+0.1 ‰ to + 0.3 ‰) coupled with low In and Te concentrations 3) has a Pb isotope value that is radiogenic which possesses a high Sn isotope value (+1.1 ‰). Group 1 artifacts are split into two sources designated by the higher Sn isotope values from Cornwall and the lower Sn isotope values from Brittany and are found in the two coastal settlements. Group two artifacts match a Slovakian origin, while one artifact labeled in group three possesses an Anatolian source. Defining the tin rich artifact sources allows constraint of the tin sources for the mixed alloys like bronze and pewter. In this instance the tin isotope values fall within two sources defined by the tin metal artifacts, Brittany and Cornwall. The chemical approach presented here defines distal metal sources to reveal a geographically expansive interconnected tin trade network that was predominantly European, in Viking times through chemical analysis of ornaments, coins, and beads.
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Research Interests: Religion, Archaeology, Medieval History, Baltic Studies, Numismatics, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, Viking Age Archaeology, Viking Age Scandinavia, Medieval Magic, Medieval numismatics, Coin Hoards, Silver, Hoards, history of Poland, Medieval Poland, Deposits, Medieval jewellery, Rituals and Symbols (Medieval), and Hoards and Ritual Deposits
Scandinavian-Pomeranian relations in the Early Middle Ages still constitute a significant research problem, and its integral part is the traditions of depositing silver, coins, jewellery and scrap metal. Several hundred deposits of this... more
Scandinavian-Pomeranian relations in the Early Middle Ages still constitute a significant research problem, and its integral part is the traditions of depositing silver, coins, jewellery and scrap metal. Several hundred deposits of this kind come from all over Pomerania, some of which are currently stored in the National Museum in Szczecin. The hoards from the Szczecin Museum, consisting of Persian, Arabic and European coins, silver ornaments (complete and fragmented), and various types of wires, bars, ingots and silver scrap intended for further processing most often come from pre-war collections from the entire province of Pomerania at that time. So far, only coins have been fully examined. Ornaments and their parts, as well as silver scrap, have not yet been a subject of comprehensive archaeological studies, nor have they undergone detailed and advanced specialist analyses. Research on selected finds from Pomeranian hoards is currently carried out as part of the project „Relationships of the first Piast state with the Scandinavian world seen through silver deposits” funded by the National Science Centre and run at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw (executors: Władysław Duczko, Ewelina Miśta-Jakubowska, Renata Czech--Błońska). Interdisciplinary research using phenomena and techniques in the field of physics, geochemistry and chemistry for the study of archaeological finds is aimed at determining their deposit origin and presenting the technology of manufacture, i.e. in the case of ornaments, how decorations were made.
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Research Interests: Geography, Archaeology, Medieval History, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, and 14 moreEarly Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, Slavic Studies, Archeologia medievale, Vikings, Viking Age, Medieval Poland, Arkeologi, WOLIN, and Jomsborg
Scanning electron microscopy with X-ray microanalyses (SEM-EDX) was used for a technological study of silver jewellery from three hoards found in Poland. The assemblage consists of 26 artefacts from the period of formation of the first... more
Scanning electron microscopy with X-ray microanalyses (SEM-EDX) was used for a technological study of silver jewellery from three hoards found in Poland. The assemblage consists of 26 artefacts from the period of formation of the first Polish state (900–1039 AD) and can be divided into three groups: West Slavic, post-Moravian and Scandinavian. Research results provide information concerning techniques used for granulation ornament and the provenance of raw silver. Elemental composition changes are manifested mainly by different Cu contents. A higher Cu content was found in solder. The higher Cu content in relation to the morphology of the joining region with visibly spilled granulation demonstrates that the West Slavic beads were produced with the use of metallic soldering. On the other hand, other studied jewelleries are characterised by Cu, Sn, Sb and Zn enrichments in oxidised soldering regions, which implies that they were manufactured with the use of non-metallic soldering. In ...
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The aim of this paper is to discuss technological details of medieval jewellery on the basis of studies on five lunulas (the Obra Nowa hoard, Poland). The types of soldering which were applied in order to attach granules and wire to the... more
The aim of this paper is to discuss technological details of medieval jewellery on the basis of studies on five lunulas (the Obra Nowa hoard, Poland). The types of soldering which were applied in order to attach granules and wire to the artefacts surface were studied with the use of optical microscopy, SEM-EDS, micro-Raman spectroscopy and XRD. Results confirmed the use of chemical soldering that was based on Cu compounds with resin glue addition. The use of such addition can be assumed due to the fact that C was detected in the solder. The presence of Pb together with Ca, P, Al, and Si in the soldering region is related to the use of litharge as a solder mixture component.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval Studies, Spectroscopy, Medieval Archaeology, Raman Spectroscopy, and 15 moreViking Age Archaeology, Ornament (Archaeology), History of Ornament, Grants, Hoards, Optical microscopy, Historia Medieval, History of Jewelry, Chemical Analysis, XRD, Medieval Poland, Jewelry, Medieval jewellery, Ornament studies, and SEM/EDS
In the late autumn of 2020, a group of archaeologists from the city of Kalisz, Poland, undertook some research in the village of Słuszków (woj. wielkopolskie/PL). It was here in 1935 that one of the greatest hoards dating back to the... more
In the late autumn of 2020, a group of archaeologists from the city of Kalisz, Poland, undertook some research in the village of Słuszków (woj. wielkopolskie/PL). It was here in 1935 that one of the greatest hoards dating back to the beginning of the 12th century (»Słuszków 1«) had been discovered. The aim of the expedition was only to establish the position of this find, but in the course of a metal detector survey, something unexpected happened – the discovery of another hoard (»Słuszków 2«). The first hoard, which had been divided among people in the village, was initially large. It could have contained up to 20,000 coins and probably more silver ornaments than the number that have survived from this find. It is estimated that the original deposit weighed 15kg, so it would be the largest known hoard from the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries from Poland. The second deposit from Słuszków consists of 6,500 items, most of them coins, mainly Saxon and Polish cross deniers, and several dozen different European coins, as well as flat silver ingots, pieces of lead and four gold finger-rings. The latter items are the first finds of this type in Viking-age Polish hoards. On one finger-ring there is a Cyrillic inscription suggesting the origin of the ring from the Kiev Principality. The three other rings were possibly produced according to Byzantine-Carolingian tradition in Germany in the Ottonian or Salian Periods. Two large groups of cross deniers found in this deposit were previously known almost exclusively from the Słuszków 1 hoard. They were minted at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries, probably in the mint in Kalisz or in its vicinity. Their issue is hypothetically attributed to the Polish ruler Zbigniew († 1111?). Also noteworthy is a fragment of an official coin of Duke Władysław Herman († 1102), showing his name and image, minted in Cracow after 1080. Other notable finds are examples of very rare large deniers issued by Palatine Sieciech († ca. 1110). These coins are the first private issues of bullion coins in Poland by a known and recognized magnate. Among the several dozen foreign coins, it seems that the most recent one is a denier of King Ladislaus I the Saint of Hungary († 1095), minted at the earliest in the 1080s. In the case of the two hoards from Słuszków, the concealment of such a large amount of precious metal items can probably be associated with some violent event, such as the war between two royal brothers, Zbigniew and Bolesław. The paper is a preliminary presentation of this new hoard and its contents.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Material Culture Studies, Numismatics, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Europe, Viking Age Archaeology, Central and Eastern Europe, Medieval numismatics, Coin Hoards, Medieval Coins, Hoards, Viking Age, history of Poland, History of Jewelry, Wielkopolska, Medieval Poland, Medieval jewellery, Kalisz, and Kievian Rus
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreViking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Burial Practices (Archaeology), Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Scandinavian Archaeology, Baltic archaeology, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, History of Sweden, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, Vikingos, and Vikingatid
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, and 15 moreViking Studies, Viking identities, Viking Age Archaeology, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Scandinavian Archaeology, Baltic archaeology, Material Culture of the Viking age, History of Sweden, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, Vikingos, Vikingatid, and Viking Age Weapons
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Scandinavian Archaeology, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Medieval Sweden, VIking-Age ritual and religion, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, and Vikingatid
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Early Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Scandinavian Archaeology, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Medieval Sweden, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, Vikingos, and Vikingatid
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Scandinavian Archaeology, Viking Age, Medieval Sweden, Uppsala University, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, and Vikingatid
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, and 15 moreMedieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Scandinavian Archaeology, Medieval Sweden, History of Sweden, Uppsala University, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, and Vikingatid
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Baltic Studies, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Scandinavia, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, Scandinavia (Archaeology), Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Medieval Sweden, History of Sweden, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, and Viking Age Weapons
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, and 15 moreViking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Vikings, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Medieval Sweden, History of Sweden, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Vikingatid, Den förhistoriska bebyggelsen i Gamla Uppsala, and Viking Age Weapons
Research Interests: Medieval History, Environmental Geology, Medieval Studies, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, and 12 moreViking Age Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Viking Age Scandinavia and the North Atlantic, Material Culture of the Viking age, History of Sweden, Sverige, Gamla Uppsala, Uppsala, Viking Age Weapons, and Archeology
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Research Interests: Renaissance Humanism, History of Astronomy, Ancient DNA (Archaeology), Swedish History, Copernicus, and 15 moreSweden, Astronomy, Universe, Renaissance magic and astrology, Ancient DNA, Copernican Revolution, History of Sweden, Uppsala University, Astronomia, Warmia, Nicolaus Copernicus, Gustav II Adolf, Polish-Swedish Wars, Heliocentrismo, and Toruń
Research Interests: Medieval Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Medieval Archaeology, Viking Studies, Viking Age Archaeology, and 15 moreForeigners (Medieval Studies), Baltic States, Scandinavian Archaeology, Jewellery, Coin Hoards, Piast Dynasty, Baltic archaeology, Medieval Coins, Hoards, History of Jewelry, Medieval Poland, Medieval jewellery, Hoards and Ritual Deposits, WOLIN, and Kołobrzeg
Research Interests: Medieval Studies, Baltic Studies, Medieval Archaeology, Viking Age Archaeology, Ornament (Archaeology), and 15 moreScandinavian Studies, Foreigners (Medieval Studies), Viking Age Scandinavia, Baltic States, Scandinavian Archaeology, Pomerania, Piast Dynasty, Baltic archaeology, Vikings, Viking Age, Medieval Poland, History of Pomerania, Western Pomerania, History of the Baltic Sea Region, and WOLIN
Research Interests: Medieval Studies, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Medieval Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, and 15 moreForeigners (Medieval Studies), Viking Age Scandinavia, Baltic States, Scandinavian Archaeology, Pomerania, Piast Dynasty, Baltic archaeology, history of Poland, Mercenaries, Medieval Poland, Boleslaw Chrobry, Archeology of Early Medieval Poland, History of Pomerania, Mieszko I, and WOLIN
Research Interests: Medieval History, Medieval Studies, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Medieval Archaeology, and 15 moreMedieval Europe, Viking Age Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, Foreigners (Medieval Studies), Scandinavian Archaeology, Pomerania, Piast Dynasty, Baltic archaeology, history of Poland, Mercenaries, Medieval Poland, Boleslaw Chrobry, History of Pomerania, WOLIN, and early medieval history of Poland MieszkoPiasts
Research Interests: Medieval Studies, Baltic Studies, Baltic Sea Region Studies, Medieval Scandinavia, Viking Studies, and 15 moreMedieval Europe, Viking Age Archaeology, Scandinavian Studies, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Scandinavian Archaeology, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, Europa, Medieval Sweden, Christianization in Scandinavia, History of Sweden, Adam of Bremen, Gamla Uppsala, and Vikingos
Research Interests: Archaeology, World History, Pompeii (Archaeology), Visions And Dreams, Earthquake, and 15 moreMinoan Archaeology, Disasters, Folk and Fairy Tales, Vesuvius, Mass Graves, History of Culture, Endgame, Human Life, Human remains in Archaeology, Gotland, Akrotiri auf Thera - Akrotiri on Thera, Archeology, Hisarlik, Troy Studies, and Santorini Thera
Research Interests: Archaeology, Mythology, Medieval History, History of Religion, Material Culture Studies, and 15 moreOld Norse Literature, Study of Religions, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, Viking Studies, Medieval Europe, Viking Age Archaeology, Medieval Culture, Mythology (Old Norse Literature), Viking Age Scandinavia, Icelandic Sagas, Vikings, History of Culture, The Viking Age, Norse Mythology, The sagas, and Christianisation of Scandinavia
Research Interests: Archaeology, Medieval History, Scandinavia, Medieval Archaeology, Medieval Scandinavia, and 15 moreByzantine Studies, Viking Studies, Medieval Europe, Viking Age Archaeology, Medieval Culture, Scandinavian Studies, Byzantium, Viking Age Scandinavia, Sweden, Viking Age, Material Culture of the Viking age, History of Jewelry, Medieval jewellery, Vikings in the East, and Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology, Architecture and History of Art
Scanning electron microscopy with X-ray microanalyses (SEM-EDX) was used for a technological study of silver jewellery from three hoards found in Poland. The assemblage consists of 26 artefacts from the period of formation of the first... more
Scanning electron microscopy with X-ray microanalyses (SEM-EDX) was used for a technological study of silver jewellery from three hoards found in Poland. The assemblage consists of 26 artefacts from the period of formation of the first Polish state (900-1039 AD) and can be divided into three groups: West Slavic, post-Moravian and Scandinavian. Research results provide information concerning techniques used for granulation ornament and the provenance of raw silver. Elemental composition changes are manifested mainly by different Cu contents. A higher Cu content was found in solder. The higher Cu content in relation to the morphology of the joining region with visibly spilled granulation demonstrates that the West Slavic beads were produced with the use of metallic soldering. On the other hand, other studied jewelleries are characterised by Cu, Sn, Sb and Zn enrichments in oxidised soldering regions, which implies that they were manufactured with the use of non-metallic soldering. In addition, studies on the provenance of the raw material were made based on the analysis of lead isotopic ratios. For this purpose, laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) was used, and the obtained lead isotopic ratios were processed using linear discriminant analysis (LDA). The isotope study demonstrates that all examined artefacts were made using re-melted metal from multiple sources. The most probable sources of silver were ores from Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Freiberg (Germany).