The first stage of metallographic examinations of the 10th to 12th centuries knives from the Premyslid stronghold at Stará Boleslav (Bohemia)

0369806 - ARÚ 2012 RIV FR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Hošek, Jiří
The first stage of metallographic examinations of the 10th to 12th centuries knives from the Premyslid stronghold at Stará Boleslav (Bohemia).
L'acier en Europe avant Bessemer. Toulouse: CNRS - Université Toulouse-Le Mirail, 2011 - (Dillmann, P.; Pérez, L.; Verna, C.), s. 223-235. Méridiennes, Histoire et Techniques. ISBN 978-2-912025-70-8. ISSN 1774-3168.
[L'acier en Europe avant Bessemer. Paříž (FR), 08.12.2005-10.12.2005]
R&D Projects: GA ČR GP404/02/P033; GA ČR GA404/99/1060
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80020508
Keywords : metallography * Middle Ages * knives * Stará Boleslav
Subject RIV: AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology

The paper deals with metallographic examinations of 14 iron objects (12 knives, one mortise knife and one sickle) found at the Premyslid stronghold in Stará Boleslav (Central Bohemia). Only one example of a steel blade was found, still welded together from several pieces. Roughly a quarter of the Stará Boleslav blades were made of iron. About three-quarters of the blades combine iron and steel, and two-thirds have quenched cutting edges. The assemblage also includes two pattern-welded knives.
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