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A sword from Vreta Kloster, and black patinated bronze in Early Bronze Age Europe

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: An Early Bronze Age sword from southern Sweden with inlaid decoration is investigated with regard to its original appearance, and the initial identification of an encrusted organic material within the ornamental decoration is shown scientifically to be wrong. The inlay technology now revealed is known from several Bronze Age objects from Mycenae and Egypt. A few examples from Central Europe link this sword from Sweden technologically with the eastern Mediterranean.

Source: Journal of Nordic Archaeological Science – JONAS

DOI: 10.65612/jonas.v17i.63699

Authors: Roland Schwab, Inga Ullén, Christian-Heinrich Wunderlich

Institutions: Curt Engelhorn Centre Archaeometry, National Historical Museums, Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt

Language: English

Topic: Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies

Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

OpenAlex ID: W2186284354

FWCI: 9.17

Cites: 12

Cited by: 10

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