Metalworkers and their Tools. Symbolism, Function, and Technology in the Bronze and Iron Ages, 2023, 186 p. -

12 papers by 22 authors from the “Metools” symposium (Queens University, Belfast, 2016), aim to shine a spotlight on the tools of the metalworker and to follow their evolution from the beginning of the Bronze Age through to the Iron Age, as well as the place held by metalworking and its artisans in the economic and social landscape of the period.

Sommaire :

- Fine metalworking tools and workshops in Western and Northern Europe. A diachronic consideration (B. Armbruster)

- A Macroscopic and 3D Morphometric Study of Prehistoric Mining Tools from the Lower Segura Valley, Southeast Spain (S. Ingram, D. Brandherm)

- Minimum Tools Required: A system for organising the metalsmith's workshop (E. G. Fregni)

- Hammers of the Gods: the role of metalworking tools in the Interpretation of hoards in Late Bronze Age Britain (E. G. Fregni)

- The concept and meaning of tools: functional aspects and social implications (B. Nessel)

- Le discret atelier de bronzier du XIIe siècle avant notre ère de la « Rue du Bouquet » à Montélimar (Drôme) : protocole de fouille et premiers résultats (S. Cousseran-Néré, E. Néré, M. Nordez)

- Experimental Casting Pit for Bronze Items. A Preliminary Study (A. Armigliato)

- Des outils lithiques liés à la déformation plastique des métaux sur le site de Cuciurpula (Corse, Bronze final/premier âge du Fer) ? (L. Boutoille, K. Peche-Quilichini)

- La forge hallstattienne de Weyersheim (Bas-Rhin, France) - Hallstatt D3/La Tène ancienne (M. Michler, F. Jodry, S. Badey, P. Clerc)

- Embossed Ornaments on Gold Objects of the Early Iron Age in South-West Germany – Tools and Experimental Work (B. Schorer)

- Artisans du métal et pratiques rituelles non funéraires à l'époque laténienne : le cas de la Gaule du Ve av. J.-C. à la conquête romaine (T. Le Cozanet, G. Bataille)

- Tracing Multimetal Craftsmanship through Metallurgical debris – Open-air workshops and multimetality in Late Iron Age Scandinavia (A. Svensson)