Metallurgical Slags as Traces of a 15th century Copper Smelter

• Autorzy: Garbacz-Klempka A. , Wardas-Lasoń M. , Kozana J. , Piękoś M. , Kwak Z.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.1515/afe-2017-0045

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The research focuses on assessing the metal content, mainly copper, lead, iron and also silver in metallurgical slag samples from the area where historical metallurgical industry functioned. In the smelter located in Mogiła, near Krakow (southern Poland), whose operation is confirmed in sources from 1469, copper was probably refined as well as silver was separated from copper. Based on the change of chemical and soil phase content and also taking cartographic and historical data into account, considering the restrictions resulting from the modern land use the area was determined whose geochemical mapping can point to the location of the 15th century Jan Thurzo’s smelter in Mogiła near Krakow. Moreover, using the same approach with the samples of this kind here as with hazardous waste, an attempt has been made to assess their impact on the environment. Thereby, taking the geoenvironmental conditions into account, potential impact of the industrial activity has been assessed, which probably left large scale changes in the substratum, manifested in the structure, chemical content and soil phase changes. Discovering areas which are contaminated above the standard value can help to identify historical human activities, and finding the context in artefacts allows to treat geochemical anomalies as a geochronological marker. For this purpose the best are bed sediments, at present buried in the ground, of historical ditches draining the area of the supposed smelter. Correlating their qualities with analogical research of archeologically identified slags and other waste material allows for reconstructing the anthropopressure stages and the evaluation of their effects. The operation of Jan Thurzo’s smelter is significant for the history of mining and metallurgy of Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

environment protection; archaeometallurgy; metallurgy of copper; environment pollution; copper; lead; silver

PL

ochrona środowiska; archeometalurgia; metalurgia miedzi; zanieczyszczenie środowiska; miedź; ołów; srebro

• Wydawca: Komisja Odlewnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk Oddział w Katowicach
• Czasopismo: Archives of Foundry Engineering
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: Vol. 17, iss. 2
• Strony: 25--30
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 21 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Garbacz-Klempka A.

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

autor

Wardas-Lasoń M.

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, Historical Layers Research Centre AGH, Aleja Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow, Poland

autor

Kozana J.

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

autor

Piękoś M.

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

autor

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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Uwagi

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Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (zadania 2017)