A TECHNOLOGICAL STUDY OF FERROUS BLADES FROM THE ANGLO-SAXON CEMETERIES AT BOSS HALL AND ST STEPHEN'S LANE - BUTTERMARKET, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK
Author(s): V Fell, D Starley
The X-radiographs of forty-five knives, eleven spearheads and three seaxes were examined for features which suggest the methods of construction of the ferrous blades. Three spearheads were examined by metallography and were found to be poor in quality. The majority of the other blades are too corroded to provide metallurgical data or have fragile mineralised organic remains which precluded sampling for metallographic examination.
- Report Number:
- 18/1999
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 16
- Keywords:
- Iron Metal Working-Fe
