Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal Tools from the Aegean, Eastern ...

Billet = 1
Mold = 1
Wedge, socketed = 1
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 5
Known only from stray finds = 1
Settlement = 2
Unstratified/stray/unknown = 6
Figure 3.14b – Greek mainland Metallurgical tools
Metallurgical tool types Distribution of tools by site size Tool distribution by context type
MBA Mold =6
Medium - secondary to palace = 5
Settlement = 4
(n=6)
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 1 Burial = 1
Unknown = 1
LBA Hammer = 3, Mold = 2, Large - palatial or major urban center = 11 Hoard = 7
(n=23) Tongs = 5, Anvil = 2, Medium - secondary to palace = 2
Settlement = 9
Casting = 1, File = 1, Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 9 Burial = 7
Shovel (?) = 1, Wedge-like
tool = 1, billets=7
Known only from stray finds = 1
General 2 nd
mill. (n=1)
Hammer = 1 Medium = 1
Unstratified/unknown = 1
Figure 3.14c – Greek island Metallurgical tools
Metallurgical tool types Distribution of tools by site size Tool distribution by context type
LBA Tongs = 2
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 2 Burial = 1
(n=4) Mold = 2
Medium - secondary to palace = 2
Sanctuary = 1
Settlement = 2
General 2 nd
mill. (n=1)
Mold = 1 Medium - secondary to palace = 1 Settlement = 1
Figure 3.14d – Cyprus Metallurgical tools
Metallurgical tool types Distribution of tools by site size Tool distribution by context type
MBA Hammer/anvil = 1
Minor - rural unimpressive setting = 3 Settlement = 3
(n=4) Mold = 3 (2 terracotta) Known only from stray finds =1
Hoard = 1
LBA Charcoal shovels = 9, Large - palatial or major urban center = 34 Hoard = 20
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