Published: 2022-12-30

A medieval nutownik. A tool for cutting grooves in wood from an archaeological site in Elbląg

Przemysław Michalik
Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
Section: Studies and Materials
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM70.2022.4.001

Abstract

The author focuses on explaining the way of using and the function of an iron-and-wood object found during archaeological research of a site at the back of a town plot in the Old Town of Elbląg. The object is dated to the 1240s. A search for analogous archaeological finds in combination with the study of other categories of sources, including
ethnographic and iconographic ones, made it possible to establish that this was tool for cutting grooves in wood. It served to produce long, relatively narrow and not very deep
grooves, mainly in shingles.

Keywords:

archaeology, ethnography, late Middle Ages, Elbląg, woodworking

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Michalik, P. (2022). A medieval nutownik. A tool for cutting grooves in wood from an archaeological site in Elbląg. Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 70(4), 399–418. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM70.2022.4.001

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