Title Iron smelting techniques in the Virbaliūnai ancient settlement /
Translation of Title Geležies lydymo technologija Virbaliūnų senovės gyvenvietėje.
Authors Navasaitis, Jonas ; Selskienė, Aušra
Full Text Download
Is Part of Archaeologia Baltica. 2007, [T.] 8, p. 387-394.. ISSN 1392-5520
Keywords [eng] Slag-pit furnace ; Iron smelting ; Crude iron ; Smelting slag ; Composition ; Microstructure
Abstract [eng] The rescue excavations of the Virbaliūnai ancient settlement have unearthed the iron production site of the middle of the first millennium AD. Nine slag-pit type furnace bottoms with the slaggy mass in situ, pieces of iron smelting slag, potsherds and other finds have been excavated here. An attempt of a metallurgical interpretation of both the furnace structure and iron smelting process at the site is discussed in this paper. The results of metallographic examination of crude iron clot as well as the data of chemical analyses of the smelting slags are also presented here. Key words: slag-pit furnace, iron smelting, crude iron, smelting slag, composition, microstructure.
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2007