First results of metallographic analysis and absolute dating of iron finds from Nowe Brzesko,site 26, Proszowice District |
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Authors: | C. Matthias Hüls Jan Bulas Michał Kasiński Magdalena Okońska-Bulas |
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Affiliation: | 1. Leibniz-Laboratory for Radiometric Dating and Isotope Research, Kiel University, Germany;2. Fundacja Arch (Arch Foundation), Poland;3. Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland;4. Fundacja Arch (Arch Foundation);5. Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland |
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Abstract: | This paper presents the results of analyses of metal artefacts discovered at a multiphase site in Nowe Brzesko, Małopolskie Voivodeship, Poland. Fieldwalking prospection led to the discovery of steely iron objects, ploughed out on the site among other numerous archeological finds. A prospecting sondage yielded more corroded metal artefacts, identified mainly as agricultural tools (e.g. sickles, scythes). These chronologically nondistinctive artefacts could be assigned to the third to fourth century AD using radiocarbon dating, complemented by metallurgical analysis. The results open up new research perspectives on the economy and society of the Przeworsk culture in the Late Roman period. |
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Keywords: | Archaeometallurgy iron tools Przeworsk culture radiocarbon dating Roman period |
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