2023/02/05 by C. Matthias Hüls, Jan Bulas, Michał Kasiński +1
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies #Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts #Historical and Archaeological Studies
paper · doi:10.1111/arcm.12858
Abstract This paper presents the results of analyses of metal artefacts discovered at a multiphase site in Nowe Brzesko, Małopolskie Voivodeship, Poland. Fieldwalking prospection led to the discovery of steely iron objects, ploughed out on the site among other numerous archeological finds. A prospecting sondage yielded more corroded metal artefacts, identified mainly as agricultural tools (e.g. sickles, scythes). These chronologically nondistinctive artefacts could be assigned to the third to fourth century AD using radiocarbon dating, complemented by metallurgical analysis. The results open up new research perspectives on the economy and society of the Przeworsk culture in the Late Roman period.