Traces of a “new” Metalcraft Specialisation: A unique Late Bronze Age Burial at Karzec Cemetery
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Mateusz Stróżyk
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Aldona Garbacz-Klempka
Abstract
This paper will discuss the results of material science analyses of artefacts from grave no. 89 in Karzec, Central Poland, that were discovered in 1959. The obtained results will be interpreted in the context of the possibility of a ‘new’ specialisation within the metallurgical workshop of the Lusatian people of the Late Bronze Age – a mouldmaker/moulder. In many terms, the grave at Karzec is a unique object for the study of Bronze Age metallurgy, as it contained not only two complete stone casting moulds but also pre-prepared raw material for the production of another mould as well as other metalworking objects. Despite this fact, it has yet to be the subject of a detailed analysis.
Zusammenfassung
Der Beitrag präsentiert die Ergebnisse materialwissenschaftlicher Analysen von Artefakten aus Grab 89 in Karzec, Zentralpolen. Die Bestattung wurde 1959 entdeckt. Die Ergebnisse werden im Zusammenhang mit der Möglichkeit einer „neuen“ Spezialisierung innerhalb des metallurgischen Handwerks der Lausitzer Kultur während der Spätbronzezeit gedeutet – dem Gießen/Formen. Das Grab von Karzec ist in vielerlei Hinsicht ein einzigartiger Befund zur Erforschung der bronzezeitlichen Metallurgie, da es nicht nur zwei vollständige Steingussformen enthielt, sondern auch vorbereitete Rohmaterialien zur Herstellung einer weiteren Form sowie weitere Objekte zur Metallverarbeitung. Trotz dieser herausragenden Befundlage erfolgte bislang keine eingehende Untersuchung der Bestattung.
Streszczenie
W prezentowanym artykule zostaną omówione wyniki analiz materiałoznawczych zabytków pochodzących z odkrytego w 1959 roku grobu nr 89 w Karcu, gm. Krobia w Polsce. Uzyskane wyniki analizowane będą w kontekście możliwości wyodrębnienia się w późnej epoce brązu „nowej” specjalizacji w obrębie warsztatu metalurgicznego ludności kultury łużyckiej – formierza. Grób z Karca pod wieloma względami jest obiektem wyjątkowym dla studiów nad metalurgią epoki brązu zawierał bowiem nie tylko dwie kompletne kamienne formy odlewnicze, ale wstępnie przygotowany surowiec do wyrobu kolejnej, a także inne przedmioty związane z obróbką metalu. Mimo to nie był on dotąd przedmiotem szczegółowych analiz.
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