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Gone to smelt iron in Courland: technology transfer in the development of an early modern industry
Bernt RundbergetRūdolfs BrūzisRaimonds MeijaGvido StraubeAndris ActiņšArturs VīksnaMārīte JakovļevaInga DoniņaValdis BērziņšValda KļavaIngar Mørkestøl GundersenDita AuziņaRaitis UpmalisKonrāds PopovsViktorija BebreAnton Parfentevsubject
ArcheologyHistoryGeographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybiologyTechnology transferEconomic historyIron industrySmeltbiology.organism_classificationDuchyBogdescription
SUMMARY: In the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, corresponding to the southern and western parts of present-day Latvia, an iron industry based on blast-furnace technology, mainly using local bog iron ore, existed in the 17th and 18th centuries. Transfer of knowledge and skill through the recruitment of specialists from other countries of Europe was crucial to the development of this industry; technology was also re-exported to Russia and elsewhere. Recent archaeological and archaeometallurgical investigations supplement the written evidence, highlighting the specific local conditions that influenced the development of ferrous metalworking here in the early modern period. This article will not be available due to copyright restrictions (c) 2019 by T&F
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-02 | Post-Medieval Archaeology |