The metalworking of the late bronze age in Epirus: the hoards and the tools

Abstract

This thesis examines the metalworking of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1000 BC) in Epirus through the study of bronze tools and bronze weapons, as well as the three small hoards of bronze objects (Stefani in Preveza, Katamachi and Rodotopi in Ioannina). The prehistoric bronze objects of Epirus derive from graves (burial gifts) and hoards (functional products or raw material), from Dodona (probably votive offerings) or consist individual finds without safe archaeological context. Typologically axes (double-edged, shaft-hole or trunnion axes), several smaller categories of bronze tools (chisels, knives, anvils) and weapons (swords-daggers, spearheads) are included.Macroscopic observation (traces of casting, forging, decoration, marking, use-wear) and metallographic examination by optical microscopy (defining structural phases, hot/cold forging, hardness) aim to decode the final stages of the manufacturing procedure. Moreover, the potentials of the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and t ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/34783
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/34783
ND
34783
Alternative title
Η μεταλλοτεχνία της ύστερης εποχής του χαλκού στην Ήπειρο: οι θησαυροί και τα εργαλεία
Author
Kleitsas, Christos (Father's name: Nikiforos)
Date
2013
Degree Grantor
University of Ioannina
Committee members
Λώλος Ιωάννης
Φωτιάδης Μιχαήλ
Ανδρέου Στυλιανός
Πολυχρονάκου-Σγουρίτσα Παναγιώτα
Τουρναβίτου Ιφιγένεια
Πετρόχειλος Ιωάννης
Μπασιάκος Ιωάννης
Discipline
Humanities and the ArtsHistory and Archaeology
Natural SciencesOther Natural Sciences
Keywords
Epirus; Late bronze age; Prehistoric metalworking; Hoards; Tools; Weapons; Manufacturing technology; Chemical-lead isotope analysis of broze objects; Metallography
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
x, 368 σ., im., tbls., fig., ind.
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