Iron Sources and Technologies During the Early Iron Age in the Northern Pontic Region

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86040-0_2
Final published version

Александр Михайлович Кульков
Marianna Kulkova
Maya Kashuba
Tatyana Ryabkova
Мария Николаевна Ветрова
Ольга Геннадьевна Бубнова
Aurel Zanochi

The questions about the early stages of development of iron technology
(the first millennium BC) in the Northern Pontic region are considered in the
article. Three traditions of iron making were identified: the Eastern European, the
Caucasian/Ancient Oriental, and the Hallstattian (Carpathian-Danube). It is important
to compare geochemical and technological features of the earliest iron items
belonging to different iron-making traditions and to determine the iron ore sources.
The precise analytical methods (Metallography, SEM–EDX, pXRF, XRD, m-CT)
were used for the determination of geochemical and mineralogical composition of
iron items and slags from the sites of Saharna Mare (Hallstatt tradition) and Tarasova
Balka (the Eastern European tradition). As a result of investigations, various iron
manufacturing technologies and used iron ore sources were determined.

Translated title of the contribution	Источники железа и технологии в Раннес Железном Веке в Севернорм Причерноморье
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Mineralogy
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of 7th Geoarchaeological Conference, Miass, Russia, 19–23 October 2020
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	11-28
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-86040-0
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-86039-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86040-0_2
State	Published - 2022
Event	Геоархеология и археологическая минералогия – 2020: VII Всероссийская научная конференция с международным участием имени В.В. Зайкова - Миасс, Russian Federation Duration: 19 Oct 2020 → 23 Oct 2020 Conference number: 7

Publication series

Name	Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences
ISSN (Print)	2524-342X
ISSN (Electronic)	2524-3438

Conference

Conference	Геоархеология и археологическая минералогия – 2020: VII Всероссийская научная конференция с международным участием имени В.В. Зайкова
Country/Territory	Russian Federation
City	Миасс
Period	19/10/20 → 23/10/20

Scopus subject areas

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Geophysics
Oceanography
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research areas

Early iron manufacture, Geochemistry of iron slags, Hallstatt (Carpathian-Danube) iron making tradition, Metallography, SEM-EDX slags, The Eastern European iron making tradition, m-CT of iron items

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