In: H. Meller/R. Risch/E. Pernicka (eds.), Metalle der Macht - Frühes Gold und Silber. Metals of power - Early gold and silver. 6. Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag 17-19. Oktober 2013 in Halle (Saale). Tagungen des Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle, Bd. 11/I (Halle 2014).
The past decades have seen a notable rise in interest in the role of crafts and craftworkers in p... more The past decades have seen a notable rise in interest in the role of crafts and craftworkers in prehistoric societies. Within the chronological span of the early metal ages, attention is often drawn to those crafts that involve metalwork and to the early metalworking specialists. Because of their growing experience and insight resulting in a high degree of specialisation of prospecting, mining, smelting, and working of metal, a special status has repeatedly been proposed for this latter group of craftworkers in Late Copper and Early Bronze Age societies.
Within the context of a doctoral thesis, finds and sites relating to metalworking evidence of the European late Copper and early Bronze Age have been compiled and evaluated. The resulting picture does essentially not contradict the perceived view, although by no means all contexts – and the burials are especially prominent in this respect – indicate that a special status was associated with these craft skills.
In: H. Meller/R. Risch/E. Pernicka (Hrsg.), Metalle der Macht - Frühes Gold und Silber. Tagungen des Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle Bd. 11/II (Halle 2014).
In the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula deep social and political changes happened at the dawn... more In the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula deep social and political changes happened at the dawn of the 2nd millennium BCE. The emergence of important economic asymmetries inside communities was to a large extent based on the control of the secondary metallurgical production process, namely, forging. In this sense, the recently excavated architectural complex at the Argaric site of Tira del Lienzo constitutes an exceptional find. A series of macrolithic artefacts were at this site recorded, which were related to the forging and polishing of metals andespecially to silver working, according to technological and functional studies (use-wear and residue analysis).
In: H. Meller/R. Risch/E. Pernicka (eds.), Metalle der Macht - Frühes Gold und Silber. Metals of power - Early gold and silver. 6. Mitteldeutscher Archäologentag 17-19. Oktober 2013 in Halle (Saale). Tagungen des Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle, Bd. 11/I (Halle 2014).
The past decades have seen a notable rise in interest in the role of crafts and craftworkers in p... more The past decades have seen a notable rise in interest in the role of crafts and craftworkers in prehistoric societies. Within the chronological span of the early metal ages, attention is often drawn to those crafts that involve metalwork and to the early metalworking specialists. Because of their growing experience and insight resulting in a high degree of specialisation of prospecting, mining, smelting, and working of metal, a special status has repeatedly been proposed for this latter group of craftworkers in Late Copper and Early Bronze Age societies.
Within the context of a doctoral thesis, finds and sites relating to metalworking evidence of the European late Copper and early Bronze Age have been compiled and evaluated. The resulting picture does essentially not contradict the perceived view, although by no means all contexts – and the burials are especially prominent in this respect – indicate that a special status was associated with these craft skills.
In: H. Meller/R. Risch/E. Pernicka (Hrsg.), Metalle der Macht - Frühes Gold und Silber. Tagungen des Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle Bd. 11/II (Halle 2014).
In the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula deep social and political changes happened at the dawn... more In the south-east of the Iberian Peninsula deep social and political changes happened at the dawn of the 2nd millennium BCE. The emergence of important economic asymmetries inside communities was to a large extent based on the control of the secondary metallurgical production process, namely, forging. In this sense, the recently excavated architectural complex at the Argaric site of Tira del Lienzo constitutes an exceptional find. A series of macrolithic artefacts were at this site recorded, which were related to the forging and polishing of metals andespecially to silver working, according to technological and functional studies (use-wear and residue analysis).
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Within the context of a doctoral thesis, finds and sites relating to metalworking evidence of the European late Copper and early Bronze Age have been compiled and evaluated. The resulting picture does essentially not contradict the perceived view, although by no means all contexts – and the burials are especially prominent in this respect – indicate that a special status was associated with these craft skills.
Within the context of a doctoral thesis, finds and sites relating to metalworking evidence of the European late Copper and early Bronze Age have been compiled and evaluated. The resulting picture does essentially not contradict the perceived view, although by no means all contexts – and the burials are especially prominent in this respect – indicate that a special status was associated with these craft skills.