Scandinavian Iron Age and Early Medieval Ceramic Moulds - Lost Wax or Not or Both?

Since the 1940s we have had a discussion in Scandinavia concerning ancient mould-making methods. The question of different methods in the production of ceramic moulds has taken a large part in these discussions; by lost wax or by direct matrix-methods. This study gives a brief background to the subject and presents the results of a small series of experiments, related to questions concerning the methods used at the Migration/Merovinginan Period workshops at Helgö, Sweden. The study claims that lost wax-methods could have been used at Helgö to a larger extent than claimed earlier. This conclusi... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Anders Söderberg
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Reihe/Periodikum: EXARC Journal, Iss 2012/3 (2012)
Verlag/Hrsg.: EXARC
Schlagwörter: bronze / metallurgy / jewellery / ceramics / iron age / viking age / denmark / norway / sweden / the netherlands / Museums. Collectors and collecting / AM1-501 / Archaeology / CC1-960
Sprache: Englisch
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Since the 1940s we have had a discussion in Scandinavia concerning ancient mould-making methods. The question of different methods in the production of ceramic moulds has taken a large part in these discussions; by lost wax or by direct matrix-methods. This study gives a brief background to the subject and presents the results of a small series of experiments, related to questions concerning the methods used at the Migration/Merovinginan Period workshops at Helgö, Sweden. The study claims that lost wax-methods could have been used at Helgö to a larger extent than claimed earlier. This conclusion however does not exclude possible use of direct matrix-methods.