Étude métallographique de fers à cheval et d’outillage agricole du site de Montbaron. Éléments de réflexion sur la qualité des matériaux employés en sidérurgie médiévale

Analysis of the constitution and structure of the metal composing horseshoes and agricultural tools from Montbaron has provided information on the processes of obtaining the metal, as well as on its use. The six objects analysed were made from billets containing steel, iron and phosphorous iron. Two...

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Main Authors: Delphine Neff, Philippe Dillmann, Maxime Lheritier, Armelle Querrien
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Language:fra
Published: OpenEdition 2004-10-01
Series:Archéologie Médiévale
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/archeomed/48211
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description Analysis of the constitution and structure of the metal composing horseshoes and agricultural tools from Montbaron has provided information on the processes of obtaining the metal, as well as on its use. The six objects analysed were made from billets containing steel, iron and phosphorous iron. Two of them, a hatchet and a hoe, seem to have undergone case hardening or treatment intended to render their external surfaces more resistant. The ard ploughshare and the horseshoes however do not show, in their minor elements, a homogenous composition : the original billets have not been deliberately chosen for any specific qualities. The presence of a high phosphorous content implies the use of a phosphorous iron ore, considered hitherto as not being exploitable during the Middle Ages.
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Étude métallographique de fers à cheval et d’outillage agricole du site de Montbaron. Éléments de réflexion sur la qualité des matériaux employés en sidérurgie médiévale
Archéologie Médiévale
title Étude métallographique de fers à cheval et d’outillage agricole du site de Montbaron. Éléments de réflexion sur la qualité des matériaux employés en sidérurgie médiévale
title_full Étude métallographique de fers à cheval et d’outillage agricole du site de Montbaron. Éléments de réflexion sur la qualité des matériaux employés en sidérurgie médiévale
title_fullStr Étude métallographique de fers à cheval et d’outillage agricole du site de Montbaron. Éléments de réflexion sur la qualité des matériaux employés en sidérurgie médiévale
title_full_unstemmed Étude métallographique de fers à cheval et d’outillage agricole du site de Montbaron. Éléments de réflexion sur la qualité des matériaux employés en sidérurgie médiévale
title_short Étude métallographique de fers à cheval et d’outillage agricole du site de Montbaron. Éléments de réflexion sur la qualité des matériaux employés en sidérurgie médiévale
title_sort etude metallographique de fers a cheval et d outillage agricole du site de montbaron elements de reflexion sur la qualite des materiaux employes en siderurgie medievale
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