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@INPROCEEDINGS{Freudenberg:292334,
author = {Freudenberg, Mechtild and Glaser, Leif},
title = {{T}he {P}roduction of {A}xes in the late {N}eolithic and
early {B}ronze {A}ge – {A}nalyses based on
{A}rchaeological {E}xperiments and {S}ynchrotron {R}adiation
{A}nalysis},
school = {University of Gothenburg},
reportid = {PUBDB-2015-06021},
year = {2015},
abstract = {The Production of Axes in the late Neolithic and early
Bronze Age – Analyses based on Archaeological Experiments
and Synchrotron Radiation Analysis In 2010 a research
project of the Archäologische Landesmuseum Schloss Gottorf
in Schleswig in cooperation with the Deutsche
Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg (DESY) was started to
analyse late Neolithic and early Bronze Age axes to find out
how the axes were cast, finished and used. We made some
copper and bronze axe replicas trying to understand the
historic casting of the objects. Additionally with the use
of replicated stone tools for metalworking we tried to
reproduce the tool marks found on the original objects.
After the replicates matched the original objects visually,
we chose a set of synchrotron based methods for first
experiments to investigate in a non-destructive way
replicated and original axes alike. Comparing the replicates
with the originals we could answers most open questions as:
How the surface of the original pieces had been smoothed
after casting? Had the edges or the entire axes been
hardened by hammering? If the chemistry of all objects is
constant throughout the objects body? By learning from the
results of the measurements we could enhance the quality of
our replicates significantly and could identify nearly 2
century old forgeries from the stock of the museum Schloss
Gottorf. Measurements were done using high energy
diffraction in transmission for structural information,
X-ray diffraction at lower energies in reflection for
surface analysis and X-ray fluorescence in reflection to
gather information of the surface chemistry. The experiments
were performed at the DORIS III Beamlines L, G3 and HARWI
and the PETRA III HEMS Beamline P07 at the Deutsches
Elektronen-Synchrotron in Hamburg.One of our partners is a
museum therefore our focus was set on non-destructive
methods and experiments. With storage ring X-ray diffraction
we analysed the structure of ancient and replicated axes to
understand the technical production process of the
individual object. The experiments helped us to understand
how many people were needed in this process of casting
without bellows. Which qualifications should they have and
what kind of technical equipment was necessary. We used a
simple open fireplace and a set of replicated stone tools
for metalworking to harden the edges and finish the surface.
Traces of the tools used in the experiment allowed
understanding how the craftsmen worked and how they
disguised faults in their work. In the end all this even
helped to discover a faked 19th century hoard find.},
month = {Jun},
date = {2015-06-09},
organization = {13 th Nordic Bronze Age Symposion,
Gothenburg (Sweden), 9 Jun 2015 - 12
Jun 2015},
subtyp = {Invited},
cin = {DOOR / FS-SCS},
cid = {I:(DE-H253)HAS-User-20120731 / I:(DE-H253)FS-SCS-20131031},
pnm = {6213 - Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport
Technologies (POF3-621) / 6G3 - PETRA III (POF3-622)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6213 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G3},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-H253)D-G3-20150101 / EXP:(DE-H253)D-W2-20150101 /
EXP:(DE-H253)D-L-20150101 / EXP:(DE-H253)D-BW5-20150101 /
EXP:(DE-H253)P-P07-20150101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/292334},
}