Publication details
Středověká úpravna rud u Koječína na Českomoravské vrchovině : K poznání technologií produkce stříbra ve státě posledních Přemyslovců
| Title in English | Medieval ore mill near Koječín, in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands : A contribution to the study of silver production technologies in the state of the last Přemyslids |
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Archaeologia historica |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/141406 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/AH2019-2-19 |
| Keywords | silver mining; 13th century; Bohemian Moravian Highlands |
| Description | This contribution presents research into a 13th-century ore-processing complex involved in the production of silver. Test digs centred on a system of slag heaps in a permanently water-filled environment. The mined and cleaned ore was investigated and analysed, and technogennous deposits with traces of grinding and washing were documented. Wood cut after the mid-13th century was preserved in the form of objects. The wood can be divided into felled forest growth and timber subsequently used for construction. The investigated structure can be interpreted as the remains of a medieval polymetallic ores mill producing ore concentrate. Of the technology chain, the sizing of ores, the crushing, grinding and gravitation separation processes were recorded. |