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Stone Moulds in Sardinian Museum Collections: Indicators of Bronze Age Metallurgical Technology
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
  • Marshall Joseph Becker, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract

The casting of tools from copper and bronze using stone moulds has a history that dates back to the earliest smelting of metals. Sardinia has an abundance of deposits for steatite and related soft stone types that can be easily carved to form moulds for a wide range of shapes. A wide range of stone blocks with or or more forms for the casting of bronze tools have been conserved in several museums in Sardinia. This detailed catalogue, with individual drawings, provide insights into the manufacture of tools for a number of different types of bronze artifacts such as those also known from the archaeological record.

Book TItle
Bronze Age Metallurgy on Mediterranean Islands
Book Editor(s)
A. Giumlia-Mair and F. Lo Schiavo
Book Publisher
Editions Mergoil
Place of Publication
Drémil-Lafage
Comments

Monographie Instrumentum 56

Citation Information
Marshall Joseph Becker. "Stone Moulds in Sardinian Museum Collections: Indicators of Bronze Age Metallurgical Technology" (2018) p. 273 - 303
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/marshall-becker/67/