Saw-toothed sickles and bone anvils
A medieval technique from Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3471847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Montserrat Esteban Nadal (0000-0002-2524-9895, Arbeitsgemeinschaft Urologische Onkologie), Eudald Carbonell Roure (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 301 |
| Pages | 637-646 |
| Publication date | 2004-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00113274 |
| OpenAlex | W2482292049 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Two curiously marked bones from a Medieval deposit in Tarragona are seen to have functioned as anvils, on which iron sickles were anchored while they were being given saw teeth. The interpretation drew on the knowledge of a modern blacksmith working in a village near the town, and the practice turns out to have been widespread in Spain Portugal and Morocco from the tenth to the eighteenth centuries
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Geography · Interpretation (philosophy) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Philosophy
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| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |