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Bochumer Forschungen zur Ur- und Frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie [ISSN 1432-6280] Edited by Thomas Stöllner, Tobias L. Kienlin and Wolfgang Ebel-Zepezauer

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Studies on Early Iron Age metalworking in the western Hallstatt and early La Tène area.

Diana Modarressi-Tehrani

Hardcover

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In the discussion about catalysts of the pre-Roman Iron Age in Central Europe, metallurgy plays an important role with regard to technology, specialization of craftsmen, social dependency, and social change. It the past few years it has become more and more obvious that the existing model of princely seats requires revision, because the evidence from sites such as Bragny-sur-Saône [F], Bourges [F], and Sevaz-Tudinges [CH] relativized existing parameters such as fortification, neighbouring barrows, import finds, and metal crafts. Therefore, remnants of metal production from the sites of Bragny, Dürrnberg, Heuneburg, and Hochdorf were analysed on the basis of objective criteria regarding specialization of craftsmanship, technological level, and production volume. By means of a synthesis including archaeological and ethnological evidence it was possible to demonstrate that a true specialization of crafts did not exist, that the technological level lagged far behind contemporary top-quality products, and that the production volume and grade of specialization remained comparatively low. Thus, one may assume that relatively autarkic migrant craftsmen dominated.

Content:	390 pages, 645 illustrations, 89 tables		Cover:	Hardcover
Text:	German		Size:	21,0 x 29,7 cm / DIN A4
Abstracts in other languages:	English		weight:	1.570 g
Keywords:	craftsmanship, import, social structure, Tumulus / Tumuli		Series:	Bochumer Forschungen zur Ur- und Frühgeschichtlichen Archäologie
			ISSN:	1432-6280
Ph D thesis	Universität Kiel, 2008		ISBN-13:	978-3-86757-282-8
			ISBN-10:	3-86757-282-8
			Place of Publication:	Rahden/Westf.
Price:	64,80 €		Date of Publication:	2009