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 subj...
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| Language: | English |
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EXARC
2012-09-01
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| Series: | EXARC Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10082 |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-8956 |