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A study of the roman iron bars of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). A proposal for a comprehensive metallographic approach
Pagès, Gaspard; Dillmann, Philippe; Fluzin, Philippe et al.
2011In Journal of Archaeological Science
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Abstract :
[en] The aim of this paper is to contribute to enlighten the organisation on the circulation and on the manufacture of iron bars and the possible bar standardisation of a given set of artefacts in order to throw more light on the commercial rules during Antiquity. A set of 48 iron based metal bars made from the Roman wrecks of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (France) has been studied using comprehensive metallographic observations from macroscopic to microscopic scales and slag inclusion (SI) analyses. A comparison of the results allows one to distinguish different metal qualities (inclusions, pores, welding, carbon content) that may be linked to morphological types which shows the possible standardisation of this set of artefacts. Moreover, SI analyses allow to distinguish various origin for the Primary Pieces of Metal, thereby enlightening a specific organisation of the iron bar production line during the late Roman period.
Disciplines :
Archaeology
Author, co-author :
Pagès, Gaspard ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre européen en archéométrie
Dillmann, Philippe
Fluzin, Philippe
Long, luc
Language :
English
Title :
A study of the roman iron bars of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Bouches-du-Rhône, France). A proposal for a comprehensive metallographic approach
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Journal of Archaeological Science
ISSN :
0305-4403
eISSN :
1095-9238
Publisher :
Academic Press, London, United Kingdom
Peer reviewed :
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