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The Bronze Age settlement at Apalle during phase 5 of the Late Bronze Age (period V) with distribution of crucible and mould fragments from the corresponding stratigraphic layer. A longhouse (K26) where a casting mould fragment was recovered from the hearth is indicated by a circle. Illustration by the author.
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Traces of bronze casting – fragmented moulds and crucibles - frequently occur at Late Bronze Age settlements. These traces are often assumed to represent utilitarian domestic production, in contrast to more specialised workshop production at ritual or elite locations. Moreover, settlements have often been reduced to overall production units, while...
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... 2003;Ullén ed. 2003;Seiler & Östling 2008; see figure 4). The notion of special crafting areas at the outskirts of dwelling zones is also deeply rooted and visible in popularized illustrations produced throughout the last century ( figure 2), but this concept now needs to be abandoned. ...
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... metalworking find from Apalle -from the Late Bronze Age phase of period IV-VI -was recovered from the large, open area in the southern part of the settlement (see figure 4). This 1000m 2 area was framed by dwelling houses in the north and by a large pit system in the south, and was not built upon throughout the millennia that the Apalle dwelling ex-isted (Ullén 2003b:65). ...
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