Craftsmen and jewelers in the Middle and Lower Danube region (6th to 7th centuries)
By: by Daniela Tănase
Contributors: Tănase, Daniela
Series: East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 1450-1450 -- volume 67; East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450 -- v. 67.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9789004380370; 9789004436930
Subjects: Metal trade; History; Metal-work, Medieval; Medieval Archaeology; Antiquities
Work titles: Prelucrarea metalelor în lumea barbară la Dunărea Mijlocie și Inferioară în secolele VI-VII
Description: "In Craftsmen and Jewelers in the Middle and Lower Danube Region (6th to 7th Centuries) Daniela Tănase examines the practice of metalworking with the aim of comparing the archaeological evidence of different peoples in the Middle and Lower Danube in the Early Middle Ages, with a particular focus on blacksmithing, goldsmithing and burial customs. Evidence suggests that the distinction between these specialties was quite fluid, so blacksmiths could craft jewelery, while jewelers were able to create tools and weapons. The study also reveals how the production process and the main techniques employed by craftsmen for the ornamentation of dress and accessories were subject to multiple influences, from Byzantium, the eastern steppe, and the Merovingian kingdoms"--
Notes: Translated from the Romanian.

Revised and enlarged, English version of the book published ten years ago in Romanian as Prelucrarea metalelor în lumea barbară la Dunărea Mijlocie și Inferioară în sec. VI-VII.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of the research; title: The archaeology of metalworking; title: Sources of raw materials; title: Metallurgical technologies; title: Special technological methods for the manufacture of clothing and harness accessories made of non-ferrous metals; title: The tools; title: The ornamentation of the dies and of contemporaneous dress accessories; title: The cultural and chronological framework of the tool finds; title: Metalworking craft and social status of blacksmiths and goldsmiths; title: Conclusions; title: Catalogue of finds from Romania; title: Finds from Central and Eastern Europe.