Into the Melting Pot
(Kaupang Excavation Projects Publications Series)
Format: Hardback
Pages: 222
ISBN: 9788779343108
Pub Date: 31 Jan 2017
Imprint: Aarhus University Press
Illustrations: colour & b/w photos, illus & tables
Description:
This fourth volume in the series examines workshops and discusses the craftspeople in the Viking town of Kaupang including their activities, crafted products, raw materials, skills and networks. The study focuses on artefacts used in on-ferrous metalworking: crucibles, moulds, matrix dies, tuyeres and a unique collection of lead models. The tools and the waste material provide a completely new understanding of the craftspeople who were working with gold, silver, copper alloys, lead and tin.