Original scientific paper
Roman Period Tools and Implements for Crafts, Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Other Purposes Held by the Archaeological Museum of Istria
Alka Starac
orcid.org/0000-0002-8254-0849
; Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula, Croatia
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
This paper discusses tools and implements for crafts, agriculture,
and animal husbandry used during the Roman period and
held in the Roman Period Collection of the Archaeological
Museum of Istria. These are primarily iron artefacts, largely
of unknown findspot and unknown find circumstances. Tools
and implements used in various trade and craft processes, in
stonemasonry, woodworking, construction, and iron smithing
are represented. Items of a broad range of uses such as shears,
knives, chains, and bells were used in animal husbandry and
for a number of other everyday activities and roles that we are
unable to confidently determine. Knives with decorated sheaths
or handles stand out as symbols of status. Magical apotropaic
properties were attributed to the decorative motifs on knives
and bells.
Keywords
tool; woodworking; construction; Istria; stonemasonry; smithing; agriculture; animal husbandry
Hrčak ID:
324968
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2024.
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