Klaus Hirsch

Bronze casting in the

Late Bronze Age.

Some new evidence from

Sønderjylland.

Steengaard

Dalbygård

The Late Bronze Age site of Dalbygård,

3 km southeast of Kolding.

There were found seven crucible fragments

in two pits.

The shards belong to at least three

different bowl shaped crucibles.

Melting and casting bronze with

Bronze Age technology

The Steengaard site, 1,5 km NE of Sønderborg

Ceramic mould

fragments from two

small pits !

A mould for a

spear-head…

… and for

a pin.

Mould fragment

for a twisted

neck ring

Ceramic mould

found near Halle,

Germany

”vreden halsring”

The only stone mould known in Sønderjylland was

found by a peasant 600 m southeast of Steengaard.

A coincidence?

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