Medievalists.net » L’Anse aux Meadows http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Iron Smelting in Vinland http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/07/iron-smelting-in-vinland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/07/iron-smelting-in-vinland/#comments Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:44:42 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36309 Any former iron smelting site presents a special problem for archaeologists. The process of converting iron rich ore into a working iron bar requires a complex series of steps. Each separate function is most likely to be undertaken by heavily modifying the previous equipment set up. Unfortunately for the archaeologist, the evidence of those important earlier stages is certain to be blurred, if not totally obliterated, by later steps. It will be the very last part of the whole process which alone remain as evidence.

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