Reconstruction of the Casting Technology in the Bronze Age on the Basis of Investigations and Visualisation of Casting Moulds

• Autorzy: Garbacz-Klempka A. , Kwak Z. , Żak P. L. , Szucki M. , Ścibior D. , Stolarczyk T. , Nowak K.

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DOI

10.1515/afe-2017-0113

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

During excavation of the cremation cemetery of urnfield culture in Legnica at Spokojna Street (Lower Silesia, Poland), dated to 1100-700 BC, the largest - so far in Poland – a collection of casting moulds from the Bronze Age was discovered: three moulds for axes casting made out of stone and five moulds for casting sickles, razors, spearhead and chisels, made out of clay. This archaeological find constituted fittings of foundrymen’s graves. In order to perform the complete analysis of moulds in respect of their application in the Bronze Age casting technology analytical methods, as well as, computer aided methods of technological processes were used. Macroscopic investigations were performed and the X-ray fluorescence spectrometry method was used to analyse the chemical composition and metal elements content in mould cavities. Moulds were subjected to three-dimensional scanning and due to the reverse engineering the geometry of castings produced in these moulds were obtained. The gathered data was used to perform design and research works by means of the MAGMA5 software. Various variants of the pouring process and alloys solidification in these archaeological moulds were simulated. The obtained results were utilised in the interpretation of the Bronze Age casting production in stone and clay moulds, with regard to their quality and possibility of casting defects occurrence being the result of these moulds construction. The reverse engineering, modelling and computer simulation allowed the analysis of moulds and castings. Investigations of casting moulds together with their digitalisation and reconstruction of casting technology, confirm the high advancement degree of production processes in the Bronze Age.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

application of information technology; foundry industry; archaeometallurgy; casting moulds; bronze; XRF

PL

zastosowanie technologii informatycznych; przemysł odlewniczy; archaeometalurgia; formy odlewnicze; brąz; XRF

• Wydawca: Komisja Odlewnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk Oddział w Katowicach
• Czasopismo: Archives of Foundry Engineering
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 17, iss. 3
• Strony: 184--190
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 24 poz., il., rys.

Twórcy

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Garbacz-Klempka A.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Foundry Engineering, Historical Layers Research Centre, Reymonta 23 Str., 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Kwak Z.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Foundry Engineering, Historical Layers Research Centre, Reymonta 23 Str., 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Żak P. L.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Foundry Engineering, Historical Layers Research Centre, Reymonta 23 Str., 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Szucki M.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Foundry Engineering, Historical Layers Research Centre, Reymonta 23 Str., 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Ścibior D.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Foundry Engineering, Historical Layers Research Centre, Reymonta 23 Str., 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Stolarczyk T.

• Copper Museum, Partyzantów 3 Str., 59-220 Legnica, Poland

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Nowak K.

• University of Wrocław, Institute of Archaeology, Szewska 48 Str., 50-139 Wrocław, Poland

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