ColloqueorganisdanslecadredelannedelarchologieenWallonie:Archo2014

Medievalcopper,bronzeandbrassDinantNamur2014: History,archaeologyandarchaeometryoftheproductionofbrass,bronzeandothercopper alloyobjectsinmedievalEurope(12th16thcenturies) Internationalsymposiumorganisedby: ThePublicServiceofWallonia(SPW) TheFrenchNationalInstituteforPreventiveArchaeology(INRAP) TheMosanMedievalHeritageCentre(MPMM) AndtheRegionalCulturalCentreatDinant(CCRD)

15,16and17May2014 DinantandNamur(Belgium)

Copperanditsalloys,bronzeandbrasswithvaryingconcentrationsoflead,havebeenusedforalongtimefor making useful and decorative objects. The steep economic and demographic growth of the Middle Ages however abruptly changed the copperbased industries and the market for their products. On the raw materialsside,thesearchfororesintensified.Metalssuchascopper,tinandleadbecamemoreaccessibleand more affordable. Both the labour force and a strong demand for manufactured goods were concentrated in towns where guilds were being set up and trades were becoming organised. Workshops adapted to a rapidly growing market through specialisation, division of work and rationalisation of techniques, as well as offering cheaper goods. There was a gradual increase in the use of copper and its alloys for making everyday objects examples include candlesticks, dress accessories such as sequins, decorative studs and belt buckles, but also domestic vessels such as, cauldrons, skillets, ewers, basins and other pots and pans for the kitchen or the dining table. In addition to these common objects, more exceptional ones testify to the diversity of the use of copper and its alloys for high class objects, both secular and liturgical. Madetoorder masterpieces included aquamanilia, candelabra for churches, lecterns or even more colossal works of art such as columns, gates, baptisteries, fountains, funeral monuments and, of course, bells. Copper is equally sought after for hand crafted products such as boilers for baths or dyers, weighing scales and other measuring instruments. Later in the Middle Ages copper alloys were used for artillery, clock making, and also as brass wire in the paper industry.Finally,copperisacomponentofthemainalloysusedinearlymedievalcoinage. This symposium is organised in a town whose main medieval activity was focused on the metallurgy of copper and brass. Its aim is to present current knowledge of not only the medieval products, techniques, workshops andlabourforce,butalsoofthemarketandtradeintheseproducts.Thissymposiumwillpresenttheresearch carried out in history and archaeology of materials and processes with, in some cases, the support of scientific studies.

Sessions
1/Rawmaterialsandsupplies Copper,zincore(calamine),tinandlead:minesandbeneficiation,tradeinrawmaterialsandsemifinishedproducts, supplytotowns,economy,etc, Fuels:charcoalandcoal, Refractoryceramics:crucibles,moulds,furnaces. 2/Craftsmenandworkshops Sociologyofcraftsmen,craftsanddocumentarysourcesforthemsuchasworkshopinventories,deeds,chartersand financialaccounts, Topography:workshopsintowns, Archaeologicalexcavationsofworkshops. 3/Techniques: Alloying,especiallybrassmaking, Casting,foundrywork, Plasticdeformation:smithing,wiredrawing, Smeltingandmelting(alloymaking)furnaces, archaeologicalexperiments. 4/Productsandtrade: Tradeinfinishedproducts, Diffusionandcirculationofproducts, Chronotypologicalstudies(vessels,liturgicalartefacts,dressaccessories,exceptionalproducts,artillery,etc), Relationshipsbetweenfoundryworkersandtheirpatrons, Connectionswithothermaterialssuchasceramicsandiron.

Abstractssubmission
Abstracts can be written in either French or English, with a title and the contact details of the main author, and should be sent by email as a Word document and with 2500 characters maximum, including spaces, to laiton.mosan@gmail.com. Theseabstractswillbesubmittedtothescientificcommittee.

Languages
PresentationsmaybemadeineitherFrenchorEnglish;simultaneoustranslationwillbeprovidedattheconference.

Publication
The abstracts of the selected papers will be available on the symposium website (www.laitonmosan.org), as soon as the programmeisfinalised.Proceedingswillbepublished,inFrenchorinEnglish,afterthesymposiumbytheServicepublicde WallonieDpartementdupatrimoineinthecollectiontudesetdocumentsSriearchologie.

OrganisingCommittee
PublicServiceofWallonia:JeanPlumierandMarcShepers(SPW) FrenchNationalInstituteforPreventiveArchaeology:NicolasThomas(INRAP) MosanMedievalHeritageCentre:ClaireMarieVandermensbrugghe(MPMM) DinantRegionalCulturalCentre:MarcBaeken

ScientificCommittee
ChristophBartels(DeutschesBergbauMuseum,Bochum) JustineBayley(HistoricalMetallurgySociety,UK) PaulBenoit(LamopUniversitParis1PanthonSorbonne) EmmanuelBodart(Archivesdeltat,Namur) DavidBourgarit(C2RMF) EricGoemaere(IRSNB,Bruxelles) RobertHalleux(CHST,Lige) MarcosMartinnTorres(UCL,London) ElisabettaNeri(UniversitParis4Sorbonne) JeanPlumier(SPW,Namur) NicolasThomas(INRAP,LamopUniversitParis1PanthonSorbonne) JacquesToussaint(MAAN,Namur) MarieVerbeek(SPW,Namur) JeanMarieWelter(Luxembourg)

Cuivres,bronzesetlaitonsmdivauxDinantNamur2014: Histoire,archologieetarchomtriedesproductionsenlaiton,bronzeetautresalliages basedecuivredanslEuropemdivale(XIIeXVIesicles). Colloqueinternationalorganispar: LeServicepublicdeWallonie(SPW) Linstitutnationalderecherchesarchologiquesprventives(INRAP) laMaisondupatrimoinemdivalmosan(MPMM) etleCentreculturelrgionaldeDinant(CCRD)

15,16et17mai2014 DinantetNamur(Belgique)

Lecuivreetsesalliages,bronzesetlaitonsavecplusoumoinsdeplomb,sontutilissdepuislongtempspourla fabrication de nombreux objets de la culture matrielle. Toutefois, les fortes croissances conomique et dmographique qui caractrisent les premiers sicles aprs lan Mil vont bouleverser le march du cuivre et sonindustrie.Ductdesmatirespremires,lesrecherchesenmineraissintensifient.Lesmtauxtelsquele cuivre,ltainetleplombdeviennentunematirepremiredeplusenplusaccessibleetbonmarch.Dansles villes,oseconcentrentlafoislamainduvreetunefortedemandeenproduitsmanufacturs,lesmtiers sorganisent.Lesatelierssadaptentunmarchenpleineexpansionparlaspcialisation,ladivisiondutravail, la rationalisation des techniques eten offrant des productions moindre cot. Lecuivre et ses alliages entrent progressivement dans la fabrication dobjets du quotidien, principalement pour les accessoires du costume, commelespaillettes,lesclousdcoratifsetbouclesdeceinture,ouencorepourlesluminaires,maisaussipour lavaisselle,commeleschaudrons,leschaudires,lesaiguires,lesbassinsetautres vasespourlacuisineoula table. ces productions communes, dautres fabrications tmoignent de la diversit des utilisations du cuivre et de ces alliages pour des productions qui demeurent plus exceptionnelles, destination de laristocratie notamment, mais aussi liturgique. Aquamaniles, chandeliers dautel, lutrins ou mme des uvres plus monumentalescommelescolonnes,lesportes,lesbaptistres,lesfontaines,lesmonumentsfunrairesetbien sr les cloches sont des uvres fabriques sur commande. Le cuivre est galement recherch pour des productions artisanales, par exemple les chaudires pour les bains ou les teinturiers, les balances et dautres instruments de mesures. Plus tardivement au Moyen ge, les alliages base de cuivre saffirment dans lartillerie ou lhorlogerie ou encore sous forme de fil de laiton pour lindustrie du papier. Enfin, le cuivre entre aussipourunebonnepartdanslacompositiondesmonnaiesdubasMoyenge. Lobjectif de ce colloque organis dans une ville dont une bonne part de lactivit tait tourne vers la mtallurgie du cuivre et du laiton au Moyen ge, est de faire ltat des connaissances la fois sur les productions, les techniques, les ateliers et les hommes qui y travaillaient, mais aussi sur le march et la diffusiondecesproductions.Lecolloqueprsenteradestravauxenhistoireetenarchologie,associantounon destudesarchomtriquesdesmatriauxetdesprocds.

Sessions
1/Lesmatirespremiresetlesapprovisionnements: Cuivre,mineraidezinc(calamine),tainetplomb:minesetminralurgie,commercedesmatirespremiresetdessemi produits,approvisionnementdesvillesetconomie, Combustibles:charbonsdeboisetcharbondeterre, Terresrfractaires:creusets,moules,fours. 2/LesHommesetlesateliers Sociologiedesartisans,lesmtiersetlessourcesnormatives,Inventairesaprsdcsdateliers,sourcesfiscaleset foncires, Topographie:lesateliersdanslaville, Fouillesarchologiquesdateliers. 3/Lestechniques: laborationdesalliages,etenparticulierdulaiton, Moulage,fonderie, Dformationplastique:martelage,trfilage, Foursdefusionoudlaborationdalliage, Exprimentationsarchologiques. 4/Lesproduitsetlecommerce: Commercedesproduitsfinis, Diffusionetcirculationdesproductions, tudeschronotypologiques(vaisselle,objetsliturgiques,parure,productionsexceptionnelles,artillerie), Relationsentrefondeursetcommanditaires, Liensavecdautresmatriauxtelsquelacramiqueetlefer.

Propositionsdecommunications
Les propositions de communications, rdiges en franais ou en anglais, avec titre, affiliation et coordonnes de lauteur devronttreadressesparcourriellaiton.mosan@gmail.com,souslaformeduntextede2500signesmaximum,espaces compris,auformatWord.Lespropositionsserontsoumisesaucomitscientifique.

Langues
Leslanguesacceptessontlefranaisetlanglais,avectraductionsimultanedescommunicationsorales.

Publication
Les rsums des communications retenues seront disponibles ds finalisation du programme sur le site internet des organisateurs(www.laitonmosan.org).Lesactesducolloqueserontpublis,enFranaisouenAnglais,parleServicepublic deWallonieDpartementdupatrimoinedanslacollectiontudesetdocumentsSriearchologie.

Comitdorganisation
ServicepublicdeWallonie:JeanPlumieretMarcShepers Institutnationalderecherchesarchologiquesprventives:NicolasThomas Maisondupatrimoinemdivalmosan:ClaireMarieVandermensbrugghe CentreculturelrgionaldeDinant:MarcBaeken

Comitscientifique
ChristophBartels(DeutschesBergbauMuseumBochum) JustineBayley(HistoricalMetallurgySociety) PaulBenoit(LamopUniversitParis1PanthonSorbonne) EmmanuelBodart(Archivesdeltat,Namur) DavidBourgarit(C2RMF) EricGoemaere(IRSNB,Bruxelles) RobertHalleux(CHST,Lige) MarcosMartinnTorres(UCL,London) ElisabettaNeri(UniversitParis4Sorbonne) JeanPlumier(SPW,Namur) NicolasThomas(INRAP,LamopUniversitParis1PanthonSorbonne) JacquesToussaint(MAAN,Namur) MarieVerbeek(SPW,Namur) JeanMarieWelter(Luxembourg)