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I utredningen ”årlig tap og skade på kulturminner under vann” (Nymoen & Nævestad 2006), ble det dokumentert at kulturminner i vann er særlig utsatt for skade fra flere hold, og at behovet for ny kunnskap for derigjennom å oppnå bedre... more
The aim of this paper is to present a group of artefacts discovered during nine archaeological research campaigns conducted at the Abbey of Bizere (Arad County). After the initial cleaning process, from a total of 85 of these finds, 12... more
Finds from the Viking period, the middle ages and from more recent historical trading places and towns in northern Europe show that the export of whetstones from Eidsborg in the Telemark district of southern Norway has a more than 1000... more
Whetstones were essential sharpening tools from the Iron Age and well into modern times. They were an important part of people’s personal kit and indispensable to anyone using knives, axes, arrows, sickles, scythes, needles, scissors and... more
Whetstones from Viking Age and early medieval sites have been analyzed widely in Scandinavian and North Europe, but has only recently been the subject of any systematic, broad-scale analysis in Iceland. The initial goal was twofold:... more
Moya-Maleno, P.R. (2008): “Ager y afiladeras. Dos hitos en el estudio del municipio laminitano (Alhambra, Ciudad Real)”, en J. Mangas y M.A. Novillo (eds.): El territorio de las ciudades romanas. Sísifo. Madrid. ISBN: 978-84-612-8600-3.... more
Grinding and polishing has always been the finishing process of all kinds of crafted goods. By burnishing, a surface becomes smoothed and an edge sharpened. Polishing gives an object a nicer look and only then the right finish. In certain... more
Når dette skrives er det bare noen få dager siden jeg dykket ved en liten holme som heter Tove ytterst i Kvåsefjorden på grensen mellom Aust og Vest Agder i Sør Norge. For meg var denne svømmeturen mellom tareskog og bergskrenter mer... more
Moya-Maleno, P.R. (2019): “Etnoarqueología para el estudio de la Segunda Edad del Hierro de la Meseta Nororiental”, en Boletín de la Asociación de Amigos del Museo de Guadalajara, 10. Asociación de Amigos del Museo de Guadalajara.... more
Whetstones and coal from the late Slavonic settlement at Priesterkamp, near the town of Usedom on the island Usedom, NE-Germany are studied. One whetstone is made of Norwegian Eidsborg schist from Telemark, three of so-called purple... more
A Przeworsk Culture cemetery at Czersk, Piaseczno County is excavated by Katarzyna Czarnecka and Katarzyna Watemborska-Rakowska from 2008. (...) Whetstones in the Przeworsk Culture have not yet been highlighted in scientific description.... more
Iron working workshops in the industrial quarter of the large Roman town of Autun (France). description of the structures and wastes. Extract from Chardron-Picault P., Pernot M., Un quartier antique d'artisanat métallurgique à Autun. Le... more
At Covasna – Cetatea Zânelor (Fairies Fortress), 97 Dacian whetstones were found. Most likely, the whetstones were used to sharpen metal objects. However, the metal objects discovered in the site are just a few that leaves open the... more
This paper examines the iconographical background of Adam's skull beneath Christ's cross in Byzantine art, its appearance as a motif in Irish texts and its possible occurrence on two Pictish artworks, the Portsoy whetstone and the... more
Snowdonia has hundreds of Bronze Age burial cairns, of a wide variety of types, of which some 50 are located on mountain-tops between 500 and 1100m above sea level. The excavations at Drosgl revealed that the main cairn had a complex... more
Moya-Maleno, P.R. (2007): “La moliz desde la Arqueología iberorromana: Las piedras de afilar y el territorio laminitano (Alhambra, Ciudad Real)”, en La Ruta, 22. Asociación de Amigos del Campo de Montiel. Villahermosa. D.L.: CR 552/99.... more
The present paper presents and provides an interpretation of five classes of stone objects resulting from field research of the French‐ Romanian project " Orgamè/Argamum, nécropoles et territoire ". The objects were discovered in sites... more
I forbindelse med et omfattende arbeid Norske Skogindustrier ASA igangsatte i 2006 med formål å restrukturere industribebyggelse og landskap på Klosterøya i Skien, har Norsk Sjøfartsmuseum ved flere anledninger gjennomført arkeologiske... more
Moya Maleno, P.R. y Novillo López, M.A. (2009): “El pasado prerromano y romano del Campo de Montiel”, en L. Matamoros y J.F. Cuenca (coords.): Por tierras del Campo de Montiel: Segundo paseo literario. Villavento. Madrid. ISBN:... more
Moya-Maleno, P.R. (2009): “Mercurio en la epigrafía hispanorromana: el ara votiva de Laminium (Alhambra, Ciudad Real)”, en Revista de Estudios del Campo de Montiel, 1. Centro de Estudios del Campo de Montiel. Villanueva de los Infantes.... more
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate cross-Channel exchange of calcareous sandstone-type whetstones derived from the Weald (Sussex, UK) in the Roman period. The presence of this particular type of whetstone at several Roman sites... more
Moya-Maleno, P.R. (2018): “Michel Blondieau (2017): Le coticule. Nature, histoire et autarcie en Ardenne. Les éditions du Stâbe dés Boûs. ISBN 978-2-9602061-0-4. 78 págs. 57 figs., color”, en Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología UAM,... more
Volgens vondstboekje "vuursteen"; 1653 en 1654 zijn vlak bij elkaar gevonden, in een laag die gedateerd kan worden in de 1e eeuw n.C.
Volgens vondstboekje "vuursteen"; 1653 en 1654 zijn vlak bij elkaar gevonden, in een laag die gedateerd kan worden in de 1e eeuw n.C.