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Early Medieval Celtic Art in Britain and Ireland: A Curator’s Perspective

Medievalists.net — Fri, 27 Nov 2015 14:00:57 +0000

Martin Golberg, Senior Curator at the National Museums of Scotland, travelled to the British Museum to give audiences perspective on the various pieces in the exhibit as well as an introduction to what constitutes “Celtic” art.

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Anglo-Saxon smiths and myths

Medievalists.net — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:46:36 +0000

Knowledge of the metalworking and jewellery-making abilities of the Anglo-Saxons has been much enhanced in recent years by metallurgical and other technical studies.

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Iron Smelting in Vinland

Medievalists.net — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:44:42 +0000

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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Re-forging the smith: an interdisciplinary study of smithing motifs in Völuspá and Völundarkviða

Medievalists.net — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:21:37 +0000

In  this  dissertation  I  examine  key  smithing  motifs  in  the  eddic  poems  Võluspá  and  Võlundarkviña  in  relation  to  the  socio-cultural  role  of  smithing techniques  and  sites  in  early  medieval  Scandinavia.  

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North-European Trading Centres and the Early Medieval Craftsman; Craftsmen at Åhus, north-eastern Scania, Sweden ca. AD 750-850+

Medievalists.net — Sat, 07 May 2011 21:09:26 +0000

The emergence and the further development of wics and trading places in Northern and North-western Europe (late 7th century to the 10th century) cannot be explained as the result of only one social and economic system.

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Medieval Padlocks: An Introduction

Medievalists.net — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:39:35 +0000

Medieval Padlocks: An Introduction McIntyre, Rob Thornforge Knives Abstract Padlocks were used extensively throughout the medieval period for securing chests and caskets. They were one of the only mechanical items the average person would have used regularly in daily life. Keys are a very common grave good, especially amongst the Norse and Celtic peoples, often occurring […]

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A Metalworking Site at Kiondroghad, Kirk Andreas, Isle of Man

Medievalists.net — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:31:13 +0000

A Metalworking Site at Kiondroghad, Kirk Andreas, Isle of Man Gelling, P.S. (University of Birmingham) Medieval Archaeology, Vol.13 (1969) Abstract The parish of Kirk Andreas occupies the central portion of the northern plain of the Isle of Man (FIG. 26). Its western boundary, which is part of the western boundary of the sheading of Ayre, follows […]

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