The spell of iron:iron smelting experiments with stone box furnaces of the Finnish Early Iron Age

This thesis studies Finnish Early Iron Age stone box furnaces used for smelting iron through experimental archaeology. Six archaeological sites have been found in eastern and northern Finland with these types of structures and they have been dated to a time period of 400 BC–600 AD. They resemble fur...

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Main Author: Karjalainen, J.-P. (Joni-Pekka)
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Oulu 2016
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Online Access:http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201605261996
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:fi:oulu-201605261996