Discovery of copper tuyere imprints on the site of Castel-Minier, late-13th to mid-16th century (Ariège, France), Historical Metallurgy, 52(1) for 2018 (published 2019), 33–37
Résumé
From the 13th to the 16th century, iron was produced at the site of Castel-Minier. The excavations since 2003 have found structures and materials that allow us to understand how past metallurgists improved a forge of rather classic design to a real iron production site, relying on a system of inter-valley exchange. This relates especially to the discovery of 28 slag pieces. They carry imprints of tuyeres that were embedded in ventilation holes into which bellow pipes were inserted. Traditional and 3-D plots were used to estimate their shapes and diameters.
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Archéologie et Préhistoire| Origine | Fichiers éditeurs autorisés sur une archive ouverte |
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