Feodal järnhantering eller bondesmide - introduktion av vattenkraft vid järnhantering i sydvästra Sverige
(2012) ARKH04 20121Historical Archaeology
- Abstract
- The woodlands of northern Skåne, south Halland and southwest Småland were an important region for ironproduction from the medieval period until the end of the seventeenth century. Slagheaps found close to brooks and waterfalls indicates that waterpower was used in the local bloomery iron production. This essay deals with questions about the dating of these sites and the kind of tecnique that was used. Questions about the role of social groups involved in the ironproduction are also discussed. Comparisons are made between three ironproduction sites that have been excavated, Bredabäck, Stäket and Ugglehult/Dövared.
The use of waterpower is introduced in Scandinavia in the twelth century. The ironproduction at Ugglehult/Dövared starts at... (More) - The woodlands of northern Skåne, south Halland and southwest Småland were an important region for ironproduction from the medieval period until the end of the seventeenth century. Slagheaps found close to brooks and waterfalls indicates that waterpower was used in the local bloomery iron production. This essay deals with questions about the dating of these sites and the kind of tecnique that was used. Questions about the role of social groups involved in the ironproduction are also discussed. Comparisons are made between three ironproduction sites that have been excavated, Bredabäck, Stäket and Ugglehult/Dövared.
The use of waterpower is introduced in Scandinavia in the twelth century. The ironproduction at Ugglehult/Dövared starts at the same time as the general introduction of waterpower but ceases onehundred years later. In northern Skåne and southwest Småland waterpower combined with ironproduction is introduced in the fourteenth century, about twohundred years later than the firts use of waterpower. The innovationsporcess is therefore slower but the use is more longlasting.
Excavations at Bredabäck and Stäket shows that traditional bloomery technique combined with waterpowered bellows made the ironproduction more effective. The ironproduction at Ugglehult/Dövared has been interpreted as a Rennwerk-process, a technique used in Germany during the Middle Ages. This hypothesis is somewhat uncertain. The ironmill is mentioned in a letter from 1187 that concerns a donation to the cistercian monastery of Sorö. Later research has shown that the monks were not the introducers of the new technique. In northern Skåne and southwest Småland local farmers had a strong and indepedendant position in society. The gradual adpotion of the waterpower and the combination with old bloomery tecnique suggests that the introduction was made by the local farmers. (Less)
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- author
- Åstrand, Johan LU
- supervisor
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- Mats Mogren LU
- organization
- course
- ARKH04 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Medieval ironproduction, waterpower, bloomery iron.
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 2540439
- date added to LUP
- 2012-06-14 16:15:27
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- 2012-06-14 16:15:27
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abstract = {{The woodlands of northern Skåne, south Halland and southwest Småland were an important region for ironproduction from the medieval period until the end of the seventeenth century. Slagheaps found close to brooks and waterfalls indicates that waterpower was used in the local bloomery iron production. This essay deals with questions about the dating of these sites and the kind of tecnique that was used. Questions about the role of social groups involved in the ironproduction are also discussed. Comparisons are made between three ironproduction sites that have been excavated, Bredabäck, Stäket and Ugglehult/Dövared.
The use of waterpower is introduced in Scandinavia in the twelth century. The ironproduction at Ugglehult/Dövared starts at the same time as the general introduction of waterpower but ceases onehundred years later. In northern Skåne and southwest Småland waterpower combined with ironproduction is introduced in the fourteenth century, about twohundred years later than the firts use of waterpower. The innovationsporcess is therefore slower but the use is more longlasting.
Excavations at Bredabäck and Stäket shows that traditional bloomery technique combined with waterpowered bellows made the ironproduction more effective. The ironproduction at Ugglehult/Dövared has been interpreted as a Rennwerk-process, a technique used in Germany during the Middle Ages. This hypothesis is somewhat uncertain. The ironmill is mentioned in a letter from 1187 that concerns a donation to the cistercian monastery of Sorö. Later research has shown that the monks were not the introducers of the new technique. In northern Skåne and southwest Småland local farmers had a strong and indepedendant position in society. The gradual adpotion of the waterpower and the combination with old bloomery tecnique suggests that the introduction was made by the local farmers.}},
author = {{Åstrand, Johan}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Feodal järnhantering eller bondesmide - introduktion av vattenkraft vid järnhantering i sydvästra Sverige}},
year = {{2012}},
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