Touchstones in graves from the Avar and Great Moravian periods

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Touchstones in graves from the Avar and Great Moravian periods

Original language description

Using electron microscopy, the authors have uncovered traces of non-ferrous metals, including precious metals, on selected stone artefacts from the Avar and Great Moravian periods graves (7th-10th centuries). The finds, originally identified as whetstones, served in fact as touchstones - tools to test the quality of a particular metal. The authors interpret touchstones in early medieval graves as a sign of the buried individual's access to precious metals. In addition to questions of social stratification of the early medieval society, touchstones open a wide field for archaeometallurgy: the chemical microanalysis allows the identification of the composition of the alloys, which are discussed in the paper.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt

ISSN

0342-734X

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Volume of the periodical

43

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

117-129

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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