河南鲁山望城岗冶铁遗址2018年度调查发掘简报

鲁山县望城岗冶铁遗址可分为东、西两个区域,是一处典型的集冶炼和铸造为一体的大型综合性冶铁作坊,和当时的大型铁官具有密切关系。冶铸活动主要集中于两汉时期,遗址至迟在唐代已被大面积破坏。冶炼用的燃料是优质的栎木炭,并以白云石作为助熔剂,铸模表面以滑石粉作为涂料层。通过对泥模的烧成温度进行测试,在烘模工序方面也有新的认识。

2018 Excavation of Iron Smelting and Casting Site Discovered at Wangchenggang Site,Lushan County,Henan Province

In Lushan County,Wangchenggang Site,where a typical large-scale comprehensive workshop for iron smelting and casting once stood,can be divided into the east zone and the west zone.The workshop was closely linked with major contemporary administrative offices overseeing iron smelting and casting.Before extensively destruction by Tang Dynasty at latest,this particular workshop witnessed smelting and casting activities mostly in Western Han and Eastern Han dynasties.In the smelting process,high-quality charcoal from quercus was used as the fuel,with dolomite as the flux and the mold coated with talc powder.Tests concerning the firing temperature of the clay molds shed new light on mold drying process.