Metalworkers and Their Tools: Symbolism, Function, and Technology in the Bronze and Iron Ages

Metalworkers and their Tools brings together 12 papers by 22 authors from the “Metools” international symposium organised in at Queens University, Belfast in June 2016 as part of the HardRock project “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: context, function, and choice of early metalworking tools on Europe’s Atlantic façade” (Marie Skłodowska Curie, No. 623392) and the “Metal Ages in Europe” commission of the International Union of Pre- and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP). Its aim was to shine a spotlight on the tools of the metalworker and to follow their evolution from the beginning of the Bronze Age through to the Iron Age, as well as the place held by metalworking and its artisans in the economic and social landscape of the period. Linda Boutoille has a PhD in archaeology from the Université de Bourgogne and is currently Research Fellow based at Queen’s University. She has held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship, a Royal Irish Academy Research Grant, a British Academy Research Grant and more recently a Gerda Henkel Research Grant. Her main research interests lie with both the technological and organisational aspects of prehistoric craft activities, and of Bronze Age metalwork production in particular. Rebecca Peake has a PhD in archaeology from the Université de Bourgogne and is currently a senior project manager with the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) and a member of the research team UMR 6298 of CNRS. Her published work focuses on interpretative approaches to land occupation and funerary practices in the Bronze and the Early Iron Ages. Cover 1 Contents 3 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Le métallurgiste et ses outils : symboliques, fonctions, et techniques durant l’âge du Bronze et l’âge du Fer. 6 Fine metalworking tools and workshops in Western and Northern Europe. A diachronic consideration 9 Barbara Armbruster 9 A Macroscopic and 3D Morphometric Study of Prehistoric Mining Tools from the Lower Segura Valley, Southeast Spain 44 Scott Ingram and Dirk Brandherm 44 Minimum Tools Required: A system for organising the metalsmith’s workshop 60 E. Giovanna Fregni 60 Hammers of the Gods: the role of metalworking tools in the Interpretation of hoards in Late Bronze Age Britain 71 E. Giovanna Fregni 71 The concept and meaning of tools: functional aspects and social implications 79 Bianka Nessel 79 Le discret atelier de bronzier du XIIe siècle avant notre ère de la « Rue du Bouquet » à Montélimar (Drôme) : protocole de fouille et premiers résultats 92 Sylvie Cousseran-Néré, Eric Néré, Marilou Nordez avec la collaboration de Linda Boutoille 92 Experimental Casting Pit for Bronze Items. A Preliminary Study 110 Alessandro Armigliato 110 Des outils lithiques liés à la déformation plastique des métaux sur le site de Cuciurpula (Corse, Bronze final/premier âge du Fer) ? 120 Linda Boutoille et Kewin Peche-Quilichini 120 La forge hallstattienne de Weyersheim (Bas-Rhin, France) - Hallstatt D3/La Tène ancienne 131 Michler Matthieu, Jodry Florent, Badey Sylvain, Clerc Patrick, Avec la collaboration de Bérranger Marion, Cabboï Luisella, Van ES Marieke 131 Embossed Ornaments on Gold Objects of the Early Iron Age in South-West Germany – Tools and Experimental Work 151 Birgit Schorer 151 Artisans du métal et pratiques rituelles non funéraires à l’époque laténienne : le cas de la Gaule du Ve av. J.-C. à la conquête romaine 162 Thibault Le Cozanet, Gérard Bataille 162 Tracing Multimetal Craftsmanship through Metallurgical debris – Open-air workshops and multimetality in Late Iron Age Scandinavia 176 Andreas Svensson 176 Metallurgy,Metalworker,Tools,Lithic Tools,Metal Tools,Workshop,Bronze,Copper,Gold,Iron,Metal Ages,Bronze Age,Iron Age,United Kingdom,France,Germany,Corsica,Spain,Italy,Scandinavia Metalworkers and their Tools brings together 12 papers by 22 authors from the "Metools" international symposium organised in at Queens University, Belfast in June 2016 as part of the HardRock project "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: context, function, and choice of early metalworking tools on Europe's Atlantic facade" (Marie Sklodowska Curie, No. 623392) and the "Metal Ages in Europe" commission of the International Union of Pre- and Protohistoric Sciences (UISPP). Its aim was to shine a spotlight on the tools of the metalworker and to follow their evolution from the beginning of the Bronze Age through to the Iron Age, as well as the place held by metalworking and its artisans in the economic and social landscape of the period.