'Late Bronze Age Metalworking Debris' In: Arabaolaza, Iraia, Buckley, Rachel, Williamson, Sam and Woodward, Alun A Hoard, Spear Moulds and a Bear, Oh my!’ a Late Bronze Age Settlement at Greenside farm, Rosemarkie
Resource type
Book chapter
Date published
2025
Abstract
A small assemblage of non-ferrous metalworking debris was recovered from Rosemarkie. Thirteen mould fragments indicate at least four different objects were cast: a filleted spearhead, a spearhead or ferrule, a bladed item and a curved object, though the exact form of some of these remains unclear. Five crucible sherds are from a minimum of three vessels and show signs of intensive use, adding to a sparse corpus of late Bronze Age crucibles in Scotland. All the mould and crucible fragments were recovered from
contexts within Roundhouse 1 in Area 2, dating to the late Bronze Age. Differences in fabric, form and context suggest this debris relates to more than one casting episode involving differing craftworkers or craft traditions.
Series name
Archaeology Reports Online
Book title
A Hoard, Spear Moulds and a Bear, Oh my!’ a Late Bronze Age Settlement at Greenside farm, Rosemarkie
Editor
Ballin Smith, Beverley
Volume
62
Pagination
114-118
Publisher
GUARD Archaeology Ltd,
eISSN
2052-4064
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In Copyright
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