ENG: The discovery of two metal moulds for casting palstaves with two loops from Linares de Riofrio (Salamanca) is one of the most interesting evidence known for the study of the Late Bronze Age metallurgy in the Northern Spanish Plateau.... more
ENG: The discovery of two metal moulds for casting palstaves with two loops from Linares de Riofrio (Salamanca) is one of the most interesting evidence known for the study of the Late Bronze Age metallurgy in the Northern Spanish Plateau. However, the early dispersion of the moulds and the documentary problems surrounding the finding had so far hindered their proper study. This paper presents the results of a new formal, archaeometric and documentary review of the materials that are now contextualized within the framework of the Late Bronze Age metallurgical evidence in this region, particularly in the small group of metal moulds documented in the Peninsula Iberian for this period.
ES: El hallazgo de dos moldes metálicos para la fundición de hachas de talón con dos anillas en Linares de Riofrío (Salamanca) constituye uno de los más interesantes testimonios conocidos para el estudio de la metalurgia del Bronce Final en la submeseta Norte. Sin embargo, la dispersión de las piezas y los problemas documentales que rodean al conjunto habían dificultado hasta la fecha su adecuado estudio. Este trabajo expone los resultados de una nueva revisión formal, arqueométrica y documental de los materiales, que se contextualizan en el marco de las evidencias metalúrgicas del Bronce Final en esta región y, concretamente, en el reducido grupo de moldes metálicos de este período documentados en la Península Ibérica.
ENG: The discovery of two metal moulds for casting palstaves with two loops from Linares de Riofrio (Salamanca) is one of the most interesting evidence known for the study of the Late Bronze Age metallurgy in the Northern Spanish Plateau.... more
ENG: The discovery of two metal moulds for casting palstaves with two loops from Linares de Riofrio (Salamanca) is one of the most interesting evidence known for the study of the Late Bronze Age metallurgy in the Northern Spanish Plateau. However, the early dispersion of the moulds and the documentary problems surrounding the finding had so far hindered their proper study. This paper presents the results of a new formal, archaeometric and documentary review of the materials that are now contextualized within the framework of the Late Bronze Age metallurgical evidence in this region, particularly in the small group of metal moulds documented in the Peninsula Iberian for this period. ES: El hallazgo de dos moldes metálicos para la fundición de hachas de talón con dos anillas en Linares de Riofrío (Salamanca) constituye uno de los más interesantes testimonios conocidos para el estudio de la metalurgia del Bronce Final en la submeseta Norte. Sin embargo, la dispersión de las piezas y lo...
