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Szablon:Jambon (2024)
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Jambon Albert, Bielińska Gerta, Kosinski Maciej, Wieczorek-Szmal Magdalena, Dziegielewski Karol, (2024), Heavenly Metal for the Commoners: Old and New Meteoritic Irons from the Early Iron Age Cemeteries in Częstochowa (Poland), Social Science Research Network (SSRN), 2024, ss. 18 (abstrakt).[1] Plik doi.
Abstract: The Częstochowa-Raków cemetery in S Poland (Hallstatt C period) was excavated in 1955, 1960-61 and 2001. About a hundred iron objects have been excavated, very few of which have been analysed so far. The p-XRF analysis of 26 specimens reveals that four bracelets and a pin contain meteoritic iron, all the other objects being made of smelted iron. These modest numbers of specimens nevertheless form one of the biggest collection of meteoritic iron products at one archaeologicalsite worldwide. The presence in the same context of both meteoritic and smelted irons enables usto discuss the role of slag incorporation vs. contamination.The composition of the specimens containing meteoritic iron is quite variable even for a single specimen, which can be explained by an association with smelted iron. This suggeststhat a single meteorite was used, probably a contemporary fall which would not be an import. This confirms that the inhabitants knew the working of iron, that meteoritic iron no longer had the considerable symbolic value it had in the Bronze Age before the discovery of iron smelting and suggests that meteoritic iron was simplyused as an iron ore.
