EEN BEENBEWERKER EN EEN SMID, BEWONERS VAN DE WIERDE TOLWEG-ZUID/KINK HORNSTERWEG (GR.)

Samenvatting

Amateur archaeologist J. Tillema observed the debris of a bone-working shop and a forge, both from the 12th-14th centuries AD, at the terp Tol­weg-Zuid/Kinkhornsterweg (Loppersum, prov­ince of Groningen), which had recently been ploughed. A study af the finds shows that the bone-worker made composite combs from cattle metapodia and spindle whorls from cattle man­dibles and scapulae. The smith worked pieces of iron bloom, which result from primary iron pro­duction, and used or reused copper/copper-al­loys. He made or repaired everyday tools for domestic or farm use. The find demonstrates the high susceptibility of the terp sites to erosion.