Abstract
Whetstones from Kaupang; petrographic description and provenance
Helge Askvik
1. Introduction................................ ................... .... ... . ... ....... . ..................... . ..... 5
2. Description and discussion of provenance........................................................... 5
Acknowledgements ..................... .......................................................................... 10
References ........ .......................... ... ...... .............................................................. 11
Whetstones and grindstones used in everyday life at Kaupang
Heid Gjøstein Resi
Acknowledgements ....................................... .... ....... .. ....................................... 19
Abstract ..................................... ... . .... ................................................................ 20
1. Introduction, purpose and possibilities............................................................... 21
2. Methods used when studying the finds and classifying their properties............ 21
3. Categories of raw material................................................................................. 24
4. Total distribution and distribution by rock type ........................ .. . . . . . ... . .. . . 26
5. Categories of whetstones and grindstones ....................................................... 30
6. Bar-shaped whetstones and whetstone pendants.................................. .. ....... 31
7. Grinding slabs.................................................................................................... 40
8. Rotary grindstones............................................................................................. 42
9. Possible touchstones or pendants; possible smoothing stones......................... 43
10. Evidence of manufacture and use ................................................................... 45
11. Blanks and raw material ............ .......................... ... ... .................................. 49
12. Distribution and function of the grinding tools in the excavation area.............. 49
13. Whetstones in the graves ............................................................................... 51
14. Basis for dating............................................................................................... 56
15. Comparative assessment............................................................................... 57
16. Summary........................................................................................................ 67
17. Sammendrag.................................................................................................. 69
18. Catalogue ...................................................................................................... 71
19. Concordance . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........... 115
20. Plates............................................................................................................ 129
21. References .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........ . 147
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