Catalogue et étude des faux et des outils agricoles de coupe à lame et à manche entiers en Gaule
By: André Marbach
Series: BAR international series -- 2376; BAR international series -- 2376.
Publisher: Archaeopress
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: fre
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781407309668
Subjects: Catalogs; Iron age; Scythes; Agricultural implements; Roman Antiquities; Antiquities
Other titles: Catalogue et étude des faux et des outils agricoles
Description: "This research presents a study of scythes and sharp-edged, bladed, handled agricultural tools from Gaul, based on a survey of archaeological finds. This survey deals only with completely preserved objects and represents the only catalogue of Gallo-Roman scythes to date. This catalogue contains 27 entries of scythes, representing in all 40 entries. These implements have been assessed according to the way they were supposedly used: either frontal cutting tools or lateral cutting tools. The "genuine" scythe is used in a lateral way, which reduces the effort of the used. The "genuine" lateral cutting scythe appeared in Noricum around the end of the "Iron Age", which could explain the late arrival of those scythes in Gaul (1-2th century A C). Comparative studies of scythes from Great Britain, Austria, South Eastern Europe, Northern Gaul, and Germany show some similarities between some scythes from Great Britain, Gaul and Noricum. Contains an Appendix presenting a technical study of working with a scythe and an examination of how the tool is used."--Publisher's web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Text in French with abstract in English, French and German.
Table of contents: title: Première partie; title: Classification générale des faux et outils agricoles de coupe à lame et à manche; title: Classement du catalogue; title: Tableaux de synthèse; title: Les représentations de pièces du catalogue; title: Deuxième partie; title: Etude des sources et étude technique de l'outil; title: Etude de pièces du catalogue; title: Conclusion générale sur l'étude des pièces du catalogue; title: Les études antérieures sur les faux pour la période romaine et réflexions sur l'emploi des grandes faux gallo-romaines; title: Conclusion générale; title: Annexes du catalogue; title: Etude de la coupe des faux; title: Outils agricoles de coupe à lame et manche en forme de genou ou de manivelle; title: Annexes de la Recherche; title: Etude technique du fonctionnement des faux; title: Etude de manches pour les grandes faux en Gaule; title: Etude des faux d'époque romaine d'après S.E. Rees, J. Henning et R. Pohanka.