Recent archaeological excavations at the sites of Montieri (S. Niccolò Rectory) and Cugnano, in the Colline Metallifere ore district, uncovered several heaps of metallurgical wastes (mainly slag), whose detailed analysis revealed an extremely complex picture of metallurgical activities carried out in this area in the Middle Ages. Neither at the Rectory nor in the partially excavated “Foundries” within the old Montieri village, clear evidence has been found of silver extraction (such as “cupels”, crucibles or other metal fragments), suggesting that the refinement processes were conducted elsewhere.
Medieval Cu-Pb-(Zn)Ag smelting at Montieri and Cugnano, Colline Metallifere district (southern Tuscany) / Chiarantini L.; Calossi V.; Domnori M.; Fratangelo V.; Silvestri G.; Bruttini J.; Bianchi G.; Benvenuti M.. - In: RENDICONTI ONLINE DELLA SOCIETÀ GEOLOGICA ITALIANA. - ISSN 2035-8008. - ELETTRONICO. - 31:(2014), pp. 245-245.
Medieval Cu-Pb-(Zn)Ag smelting at Montieri and Cugnano, Colline Metallifere district (southern Tuscany)
CHIARANTINI, LAURA;BENVENUTI, MARCO
2014
Abstract
Recent archaeological excavations at the sites of Montieri (S. Niccolò Rectory) and Cugnano, in the Colline Metallifere ore district, uncovered several heaps of metallurgical wastes (mainly slag), whose detailed analysis revealed an extremely complex picture of metallurgical activities carried out in this area in the Middle Ages. Neither at the Rectory nor in the partially excavated “Foundries” within the old Montieri village, clear evidence has been found of silver extraction (such as “cupels”, crucibles or other metal fragments), suggesting that the refinement processes were conducted elsewhere.
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