Iron Age Ferrous Hammerheads from Britain

There are more than thirty iron hammerheads known from the pre‐Roman Iron Age in Britain, the majority of which are assigned to the first centuries BC and AD. They include specialised tools, such as set hammers and a swage sledge‐hammer which are blacksmiths’ tools. The hand‐hammers are more numerou...

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Published inOxford journal of archaeology Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 207 - 225
Main Author Fell, Vanessa
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK and Boston, USA Blackwell Publishers Ltd 01.07.1998
Blackwell
Subjects
Archaeological research
Archaeology
Europe
Iron Age
Metal Ages
North West Europe
Prehistory
Prehistory and protohistory
Technology
United Kingdom
Iron Age
Great Britain
Europe
Function
Hammer
Grave goods
Technology
Hoard
Morphology
Distribution
Chronology
Metallurgy
Metal industry
Iron material
Tool
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Summary:There are more than thirty iron hammerheads known from the pre‐Roman Iron Age in Britain, the majority of which are assigned to the first centuries BC and AD. They include specialised tools, such as set hammers and a swage sledge‐hammer which are blacksmiths’ tools. The hand‐hammers are more numerous and many of these are probably also metalworkers’ tools. Fourteen have been examined by metallography showing that at least ten are quench hardened at one or both faces and some may have been tempered.
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ISSN:0262-5253
1468-0092
DOI:10.1111/1468-0092.00059