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Domestic pottery sherds used in non-ferrous metalworking: a study from early medieval Prague
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SYSNO ASEP 0509265 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Domestic pottery sherds used in non-ferrous metalworking: a study from early medieval Prague Author(s) Zavřel, Jan (ARU-G) SAI
Čiháková, J. (CZ)
Ježek, Martin (ARU-G) RID, SAI, ORCIDNumber of authors 3 Source Title Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. - : Springer - ISSN 1866-9557
Roč. 11, č. 10 (2019), s. 5339-5358Number of pages 20 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country DE - Germany Keywords ceramics ; sherds ; metallurgy ; cupellation ; non-ferrous metals ; Early Middle Ages Subject RIV AC - Archeology, Anthropology, Ethnology OECD category Archaeology R&D Projects GA16-22207S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support ARU-G - RVO:67985912 UT WOS 000497785000015 EID SCOPUS 85068193315 DOI 10.1007/s12520-019-00865-w Annotation Among archaeometallurgical remains from Prague of the tenth and eleventh centuries AD, attention has been focused on a single type of finds: fragments of common ceramic kitchenware secondarily utilised in assaying ores and in the production and refinement of non-ferrous metals. Fifteen samples from several sites were selected for EDS-SEM analyses of various parts of glassy, slaggy and metallic coatings, of metallic prills and of the primary and secondary mineral phases in these solidified melts. Variable intermediate products of silver and gold extraction were identified, as were examples of the successful cupellation and refinement of these metals. The secondary utilisation of silver scrap has been ruled out by the chemical composition of the coatings on the majority of sherds with a significant Ag content. In contrast, substantial concentrations of other metallic elements (e.g. Bi, Sn) and coatings of Cu- and Fe-sulphide mixtures in some samples correspond to the early stages of the metallurgical processing of non-ferrous metals (ore concentrates) or initial metallurgical intermediate products. Workplace Institute of Archaeology (Prague) Contact Lada Šlesingerová, slesingerova@arup.cas.cz, Tel.: 257 014 412 Year of Publishing 2020 Electronic address https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-019-00865-w
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