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Recycling and repair on the Roman frontier: a hoard of mail armour from Bonn
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SYSNO ASEP 0602616 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Recycling and repair on the Roman frontier: a hoard of mail armour from Bonn Author(s) Wijnhoven, Martijn A. (ARUB-Q) ORCID, RID, SAI
Koppmann, C. (DE)
Becker, H. (DE)Number of authors 3 Source Title Antiquity. - : Cambridge University Press - ISSN 0003-598X
Roč. 98, č. 402 (2024), s. 1592-1609Number of pages 18 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords Western Europe ; Roman empire ; military frontiers ; computed tomography ; armour ; metal recycling Subject RIV AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology OECD category Archaeology R&D Projects GA24-11397S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Open access Institutional support ARUB-Q - RVO:68081758 UT WOS 001381443800034 EID SCOPUS 85212075253 DOI https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.178 Annotation The Roman army was a vast military machine that demanded huge amounts of material and complex mechanisms. A 14kg hoard of mail armour from near the Roman legionary fortress of Bonn, Germany, offers insight into the organisation of recycling and repair on Rome’s northern frontier. Computed tomography reveals there are at least four garments and suggests a likely date. The authors explore the hoard’s context and motivations for its deposition and non-retrieval, arguing it formed a collection of ‘donor’ mail for repairing other mail garments. Its discovery in a settlement outside the military fortress indicates the involvement of local craftworkers. The settlement was abandoned in the mid-third century AD. Workplace Institute of Archaeology (Brno) Contact Hedvika Břínková, brinkova@arub.cz, Tel.: +420 515 911 112 Year of Publishing 2025 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.178
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